Golden hour in Hangzhou
Golden hour in Hangzhou starts at 18:28 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 16:25. The calculator above is preset to Hangzhou — 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 Hangzhou
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Golden and blue hour in Hangzhou: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Hangzhou (30.2741, 120.1551) in the Asia/Shanghai timezone, DST included. Between December (36 minutes) and March (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 | 06:57 | 17:21 | 07:33 | 16:46 | 17:37 | 10h 24min |
| February | 06:41 | 17:48 | 07:14 | 17:15 | 18:03 | 11h 07min |
| March | 06:11 | 18:08 | 06:43 | 17:36 | 18:22 | 11h 57min |
| April | 05:34 | 18:27 | 06:06 | 17:55 | 18:42 | 12h 53min |
| May | 05:07 | 18:46 | 05:40 | 18:13 | 19:02 | 13h 40min |
| June | 04:58 | 19:03 | 05:33 | 18:28 | 19:20 | 14h 05min |
| July | 05:08 | 19:04 | 05:43 | 18:29 | 19:20 | 13h 55min |
| August | 05:27 | 18:43 | 06:00 | 18:10 | 18:58 | 13h 16min |
| September | 05:44 | 18:07 | 06:16 | 17:35 | 18:22 | 12h 23min |
| October | 06:02 | 17:30 | 06:34 | 16:58 | 17:45 | 11h 29min |
| November | 06:25 | 17:04 | 07:00 | 16:30 | 17:20 | 10h 39min |
| December | 06:49 | 17:01 | 07:25 | 16:25 | 17:18 | 10h 13min |
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 05:33 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:58.
After sunset, Hangzhou still offers the blue hour: from 19:20 to 19:31 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 Hangzhou today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Hangzhou from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:28, in mid-December at 16:25.
How long does golden hour last in Hangzhou?
Between 32 minutes (March) and 36 minutes (December) 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.