Golden hour in Durban
Golden hour in Durban starts at 16:28 on 15 June and runs 36 minutes; on 15 December it is 35 minutes from 18:18. The calculator above is preset to Durban — 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 Durban
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Golden and blue hour in Durban: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Durban (-29.8587, 31.0218) in the Africa/Johannesburg timezone, DST included. Between June (36 minutes) and February (32 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 | 05:10 | 19:01 | 05:44 | 18:27 | 19:18 | 13h 51min |
| February | 05:37 | 18:45 | 06:10 | 18:12 | 19:00 | 13h 08min |
| March | 05:57 | 18:15 | 06:28 | 17:43 | 18:29 | 12h 18min |
| April | 06:15 | 17:38 | 06:47 | 17:06 | 17:53 | 11h 23min |
| May | 06:34 | 17:12 | 07:08 | 16:38 | 17:28 | 10h 38min |
| June | 06:50 | 17:04 | 07:26 | 16:28 | 17:20 | 10h 14min |
| July | 06:51 | 17:14 | 07:26 | 16:39 | 17:30 | 10h 24min |
| August | 06:31 | 17:32 | 07:04 | 16:59 | 17:47 | 11h 02min |
| September | 05:56 | 17:49 | 06:27 | 17:17 | 18:03 | 11h 53min |
| October | 05:19 | 18:06 | 05:51 | 17:34 | 18:21 | 12h 47min |
| November | 04:53 | 18:30 | 05:27 | 17:56 | 18:45 | 13h 36min |
| December | 04:50 | 18:53 | 05:25 | 18:18 | 19:10 | 14h 03min |
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 07:26 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:50.
After sunset, Durban still offers the blue hour: from 17:20 to 17:31 in June (10 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 Durban today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Durban from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:28, in mid-December at 18:18.
How long does golden hour last in Durban?
Between 32 minutes (February) and 36 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.