Golden hour in Jakarta
Golden hour in Jakarta starts at 17:17 on 15 June and runs 30 minutes; on 15 December it is 30 minutes from 17:33. The calculator above is preset to Jakarta — 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 Jakarta
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Golden and blue hour in Jakarta: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Jakarta (-6.2088, 106.8456) in the Asia/Jakarta timezone, DST included. Between June (30 minutes) and February (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 | 05:49 | 18:16 | 06:19 | 17:46 | 18:29 | 12h 27min |
| February | 05:59 | 18:17 | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:30 | 12h 18min |
| March | 05:58 | 18:07 | 06:26 | 17:39 | 18:20 | 12h 09min |
| April | 05:54 | 17:53 | 06:22 | 17:25 | 18:05 | 11h 58min |
| May | 05:55 | 17:45 | 06:24 | 17:16 | 17:58 | 11h 50min |
| June | 06:01 | 17:47 | 06:31 | 17:17 | 18:01 | 11h 46min |
| July | 06:05 | 17:53 | 06:35 | 17:23 | 18:07 | 11h 47min |
| August | 06:01 | 17:55 | 06:29 | 17:27 | 18:08 | 11h 54min |
| September | 05:47 | 17:51 | 06:15 | 17:23 | 18:04 | 12h 04min |
| October | 05:32 | 17:46 | 06:00 | 17:18 | 17:59 | 12h 14min |
| November | 05:26 | 17:50 | 05:55 | 17:21 | 18:03 | 12h 24min |
| December | 05:34 | 18:03 | 06:04 | 17:33 | 18:17 | 12h 29min |
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 06:31 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:01.
After sunset, Jakarta still offers the blue hour: from 18:01 to 18:09 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 Jakarta today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Jakarta from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:17, in mid-December at 17:33.
How long does golden hour last in Jakarta?
Between 28 minutes (February) and 30 minutes (June) 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.