Golden hour in Ho Chi Minh City
Golden hour in Ho Chi Minh City starts at 17:47 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 31 minutes from 17:04. The calculator above is preset to Ho Chi Minh City — 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 Ho Chi Minh City: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Ho Chi Minh City (10.8231, 106.6297) in the Asia/Saigon timezone, DST included. Between December (31 minutes) and March (28 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 | 06:17 | 17:50 | 06:47 | 17:20 | 18:04 | 11h 33min |
| February | 06:15 | 18:02 | 06:44 | 17:33 | 18:15 | 11h 47min |
| March | 06:02 | 18:05 | 06:30 | 17:37 | 18:18 | 12h 03min |
| April | 05:43 | 18:05 | 06:12 | 17:37 | 18:18 | 12h 22min |
| May | 05:32 | 18:09 | 06:02 | 17:40 | 18:23 | 12h 37min |
| June | 05:32 | 18:17 | 06:02 | 17:47 | 18:31 | 12h 45min |
| July | 05:39 | 18:21 | 06:09 | 17:51 | 18:35 | 12h 42min |
| August | 05:44 | 18:14 | 06:13 | 17:45 | 18:27 | 12h 29min |
| September | 05:44 | 17:56 | 06:12 | 17:28 | 18:09 | 12h 12min |
| October | 05:43 | 17:37 | 06:11 | 17:09 | 17:50 | 11h 54min |
| November | 05:50 | 17:28 | 06:19 | 16:58 | 17:42 | 11h 38min |
| December | 06:04 | 17:34 | 06:35 | 17:04 | 17:48 | 11h 30min |
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 06:02 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:32.
After sunset, Ho Chi Minh City still offers the blue hour: from 18:31 to 18:40 in June (9 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 Ho Chi Minh City today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Ho Chi Minh City from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:47, in mid-December at 17:04.
How long does golden hour last in Ho Chi Minh City?
Between 28 minutes (March) and 31 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.