Golden hour in Hyderabad
Golden hour in Hyderabad starts at 18:21 on 15 June and runs 31 minutes; on 15 December it is 32 minutes from 17:13. The calculator above is preset to Hyderabad — 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 Hyderabad
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Golden and blue hour in Hyderabad: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Hyderabad (17.385, 78.4867) in the Asia/Calcutta timezone, DST included. Between December (32 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 | 06:50 | 18:02 | 07:21 | 17:31 | 18:16 | 11h 12min |
| February | 06:44 | 18:18 | 07:13 | 17:49 | 18:32 | 11h 35min |
| March | 06:25 | 18:27 | 06:54 | 17:58 | 18:40 | 12h 01min |
| April | 06:01 | 18:33 | 06:30 | 18:03 | 18:46 | 12h 31min |
| May | 05:45 | 18:41 | 06:15 | 18:11 | 18:56 | 12h 56min |
| June | 05:42 | 18:52 | 06:14 | 18:21 | 19:07 | 13h 10min |
| July | 05:50 | 18:55 | 06:21 | 18:24 | 19:09 | 13h 04min |
| August | 06:00 | 18:43 | 06:29 | 18:14 | 18:57 | 12h 43min |
| September | 06:05 | 18:20 | 06:34 | 17:51 | 18:33 | 12h 15min |
| October | 06:10 | 17:56 | 06:39 | 17:26 | 18:09 | 11h 46min |
| November | 06:22 | 17:41 | 06:52 | 17:11 | 17:55 | 11h 20min |
| December | 06:39 | 17:45 | 07:11 | 17:13 | 17:59 | 11h 06min |
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, Hyderabad still offers the blue hour: from 19:07 to 19:16 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 Hyderabad today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Hyderabad from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:21, in mid-December at 17:13.
How long does golden hour last in Hyderabad?
Between 29 minutes (March) and 32 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.