Golden hour in Heilbronn
Golden hour in Heilbronn starts at 20:40 on 15 June and runs 50 minutes; on 15 December it is 56 minutes from 15:31. The calculator above is preset to Heilbronn — pick a date and sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour for that exact shoot day are right there, exportable as a calendar entry.
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Golden and blue hour in Heilbronn: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Heilbronn (49.1427, 9.2109) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 42 minutes in March and 56 in December — 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 | 08:13 | 16:53 | 09:06 | 16:00 | 17:15 | 8h 40min |
| February | 07:33 | 17:43 | 08:19 | 16:58 | 18:03 | 10h 10min |
| March | 06:38 | 18:28 | 07:20 | 17:46 | 18:47 | 11h 50min |
| April | 06:33 | 20:15 | 07:16 | 19:32 | 20:35 | 13h 42min |
| May | 05:42 | 20:59 | 06:28 | 20:12 | 21:22 | 15h 17min |
| June | 05:19 | 21:30 | 06:09 | 20:40 | 21:56 | 16h 12min |
| July | 05:35 | 21:25 | 06:23 | 20:36 | 21:49 | 15h 50min |
| August | 06:16 | 20:42 | 07:00 | 19:58 | 21:03 | 14h 26min |
| September | 07:00 | 19:39 | 07:42 | 18:57 | 19:58 | 12h 39min |
| October | 07:44 | 18:35 | 08:27 | 17:52 | 18:55 | 10h 51min |
| November | 07:33 | 16:44 | 08:23 | 15:54 | 17:05 | 9h 10min |
| December | 08:12 | 16:26 | 09:08 | 15:31 | 16:50 | 8h 14min |
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 06:09 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:19.
After sunset, Heilbronn still offers the blue hour: from 21:56 to 22:13 in June (17 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 Heilbronn today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Heilbronn from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:40, in mid-December at 15:31.
How long does golden hour last in Heilbronn?
Between 42 minutes (March) and 56 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.