Golden hour in Guangzhou
Golden hour in Guangzhou starts at 18:42 on 15 June and runs 33 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 17:11. The calculator above is preset to Guangzhou — 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 Guangzhou
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Golden and blue hour in Guangzhou: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Guangzhou (23.1291, 113.2644) in the Asia/Shanghai timezone, DST included. Between January (33 minutes) and March (30 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 | 07:11 | 18:03 | 07:44 | 17:30 | 18:17 | 10h 52min |
| February | 07:01 | 18:23 | 07:31 | 17:53 | 18:38 | 11h 23min |
| March | 06:37 | 18:37 | 07:07 | 18:07 | 18:50 | 11h 59min |
| April | 06:07 | 18:48 | 06:38 | 18:18 | 19:02 | 12h 41min |
| May | 05:47 | 19:01 | 06:18 | 18:30 | 19:16 | 13h 14min |
| June | 05:42 | 19:15 | 06:14 | 18:42 | 19:30 | 13h 33min |
| July | 05:51 | 19:16 | 06:23 | 18:44 | 19:31 | 13h 26min |
| August | 06:04 | 19:01 | 06:35 | 18:30 | 19:15 | 12h 57min |
| September | 06:14 | 18:32 | 06:44 | 18:03 | 18:46 | 12h 18min |
| October | 06:24 | 18:03 | 06:54 | 17:33 | 18:17 | 11h 39min |
| November | 06:41 | 17:44 | 07:13 | 17:12 | 17:58 | 11h 03min |
| December | 07:01 | 17:44 | 07:34 | 17:11 | 18:00 | 10h 43min |
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 06:14 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:42.
After sunset, Guangzhou still offers the blue hour: from 19:30 to 19:40 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 Guangzhou today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Guangzhou from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:42, in mid-December at 17:11.
How long does golden hour last in Guangzhou?
Between 30 minutes (March) and 33 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.