Golden hour in Delhi
Golden hour in Delhi starts at 18:47 on 15 June and runs 34 minutes; on 15 December it is 35 minutes from 16:52. The calculator above is preset to Delhi — 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 Delhi
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Golden and blue hour in Delhi: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Delhi (28.7041, 77.1025) in the Asia/Kolkata timezone, DST included. Between January (35 minutes) and March (31 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:16 | 17:47 | 07:51 | 17:12 | 18:02 | 10h 30min |
| February | 07:01 | 18:12 | 07:34 | 17:40 | 18:27 | 11h 11min |
| March | 06:33 | 18:30 | 07:04 | 17:59 | 18:45 | 11h 58min |
| April | 05:57 | 18:48 | 06:29 | 18:16 | 19:02 | 12h 50min |
| May | 05:32 | 19:06 | 06:05 | 18:33 | 19:22 | 13h 34min |
| June | 05:24 | 19:22 | 05:58 | 18:47 | 19:38 | 13h 58min |
| July | 05:34 | 19:22 | 06:08 | 18:48 | 19:38 | 13h 48min |
| August | 05:51 | 19:03 | 06:24 | 18:31 | 19:18 | 13h 11min |
| September | 06:07 | 18:29 | 06:38 | 17:57 | 18:43 | 12h 22min |
| October | 06:23 | 17:53 | 06:55 | 17:22 | 18:08 | 11h 31min |
| November | 06:45 | 17:29 | 07:19 | 16:55 | 17:44 | 10h 44min |
| December | 07:08 | 17:27 | 07:43 | 16:52 | 17:43 | 10h 20min |
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 05:58 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:24.
After sunset, Delhi still offers the blue hour: from 19:38 to 19:49 in June (11 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 Delhi today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Delhi from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:47, in mid-December at 16:52.
How long does golden hour last in Delhi?
Between 31 minutes (March) and 35 minutes (January) 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.