Golden hour in Darwin
Golden hour in Darwin starts at 17:59 on 15 June and runs 31 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 18:37. The calculator above is preset to Darwin — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
Golden hour calculator for Darwin
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Golden and blue hour in Darwin: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Darwin (-12.4634, 130.8456) and the Australia/Darwin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 28 minutes in March and 31 in June — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:33 | 19:20 | 07:03 | 18:50 | 19:34 | 12h 47min |
| February | 06:47 | 19:17 | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:30 | 12h 30min |
| March | 06:51 | 19:02 | 07:19 | 18:34 | 19:15 | 12h 11min |
| April | 06:52 | 18:42 | 07:21 | 18:14 | 18:55 | 11h 50min |
| May | 06:57 | 18:30 | 07:27 | 18:00 | 18:44 | 11h 33min |
| June | 07:06 | 18:30 | 07:37 | 17:59 | 18:44 | 11h 24min |
| July | 07:10 | 18:37 | 07:40 | 18:06 | 18:51 | 11h 27min |
| August | 07:01 | 18:43 | 07:30 | 18:14 | 18:56 | 11h 41min |
| September | 06:42 | 18:44 | 07:10 | 18:15 | 18:57 | 12h 01min |
| October | 06:22 | 18:44 | 06:51 | 18:16 | 18:57 | 12h 22min |
| November | 06:12 | 18:52 | 06:41 | 18:23 | 19:06 | 12h 41min |
| December | 06:17 | 19:08 | 06:47 | 18:37 | 19:22 | 12h 51min |
Fitting the window into the shoot day
The evening window is the reliable half: the crew is warmed up, the setup exists, and golden hour is the last slot before wrap. The morning window right after sunrise (until 07:37 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 07:06.
After sunset, Darwin still offers the blue hour: from 18:44 to 18:53 in June (9 minutes). If you need both looks on one evening, everything from the start of golden hour to the end of blue hour is one continuous window — with no room for a re-rig inside it.
Frequently asked
When is golden hour in Darwin today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Darwin from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:59, in mid-December at 18:37.
How long does golden hour last in Darwin?
Between 28 minutes (March) and 31 minutes (June) in the evening. The name misleads — it never actually reaches a full hour here.
How accurate are the times?
To about one minute (standard NOAA-style solar computation). Not included: horizon shading from buildings or hills to the west — which can genuinely shorten the window at your location.