Golden hour in Indianapolis
Golden hour in Indianapolis starts at 20:35 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 43 minutes from 16:39. The calculator above is preset to Indianapolis — 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 Indianapolis
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Golden and blue hour in Indianapolis: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Indianapolis (39.7684, -86.1581) and the America/Indianapolis timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 36 minutes in March and 43 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 | 08:05 | 17:45 | 08:46 | 17:03 | 18:03 | 9h 40min |
| February | 07:38 | 18:21 | 08:16 | 17:44 | 18:38 | 10h 43min |
| March | 07:57 | 19:52 | 08:33 | 19:16 | 20:08 | 11h 55min |
| April | 07:08 | 20:23 | 07:44 | 19:47 | 20:40 | 13h 15min |
| May | 06:31 | 20:53 | 07:09 | 20:14 | 21:11 | 14h 22min |
| June | 06:17 | 21:15 | 06:57 | 20:35 | 21:35 | 14h 58min |
| July | 06:30 | 21:13 | 07:09 | 20:33 | 21:32 | 14h 43min |
| August | 06:57 | 20:43 | 07:35 | 20:06 | 21:00 | 13h 45min |
| September | 07:26 | 19:55 | 08:02 | 19:20 | 20:12 | 12h 29min |
| October | 07:55 | 19:07 | 08:32 | 18:30 | 19:23 | 11h 11min |
| November | 07:30 | 17:30 | 08:10 | 16:50 | 17:48 | 10h 00min |
| December | 07:59 | 17:22 | 08:42 | 16:39 | 17:41 | 9h 22min |
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 06:57 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:17.
After sunset, Indianapolis still offers the blue hour: from 21:35 to 21:48 in June (13 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 Indianapolis today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Indianapolis from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:35, in mid-December at 16:39.
How long does golden hour last in Indianapolis?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 43 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.