Golden hour in Honolulu
Golden hour in Honolulu starts at 18:43 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 17:20. The calculator above is preset to Honolulu — 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 Honolulu
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Golden and blue hour in Honolulu: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Honolulu (21.3069, -157.8583) in the Pacific/Honolulu timezone, DST included. Between December (33 minutes) and March (29 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 | 07:12 | 18:11 | 07:44 | 17:39 | 18:25 | 10h 59min |
| February | 07:03 | 18:30 | 07:33 | 18:00 | 18:44 | 11h 27min |
| March | 06:41 | 18:42 | 07:10 | 18:12 | 18:55 | 12h 01min |
| April | 06:13 | 18:51 | 06:43 | 18:21 | 19:05 | 12h 38min |
| May | 05:54 | 19:03 | 06:25 | 18:32 | 19:18 | 13h 09min |
| June | 05:50 | 19:15 | 06:22 | 18:43 | 19:31 | 13h 25min |
| July | 05:59 | 19:17 | 06:30 | 18:46 | 19:32 | 13h 18min |
| August | 06:11 | 19:03 | 06:41 | 18:33 | 19:17 | 12h 52min |
| September | 06:19 | 18:36 | 06:49 | 18:06 | 18:49 | 12h 16min |
| October | 06:28 | 18:08 | 06:58 | 17:38 | 18:22 | 11h 40min |
| November | 06:43 | 17:51 | 07:15 | 17:19 | 18:05 | 11h 07min |
| December | 07:02 | 17:53 | 07:35 | 17:20 | 18:08 | 10h 51min |
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 06:22 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:50.
After sunset, Honolulu still offers the blue hour: from 19:31 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 Honolulu today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Honolulu from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:43, in mid-December at 17:20.
How long does golden hour last in Honolulu?
Between 29 minutes (March) and 33 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.