Golden hour in Jena
Golden hour in Jena starts at 20:37 on 15 June and runs 53 minutes; on 15 December it is 60 minutes from 15:09. The calculator above is preset to Jena — 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 Jena
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Golden and blue hour in Jena: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Jena (50.9271, 11.5892) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (60 minutes) and September (43 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.4.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:11 | 16:36 | 09:07 | 15:40 | 17:00 | 8h 25min |
| February | 07:28 | 17:30 | 08:15 | 16:42 | 17:51 | 10h 02min |
| March | 06:29 | 18:18 | 07:13 | 17:34 | 18:38 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:20 | 20:08 | 07:05 | 19:24 | 20:30 | 13h 48min |
| May | 05:25 | 20:56 | 06:14 | 20:08 | 21:21 | 15h 31min |
| June | 05:00 | 21:30 | 05:53 | 20:37 | 21:57 | 16h 30min |
| July | 05:17 | 21:23 | 06:08 | 20:32 | 21:49 | 16h 06min |
| August | 06:01 | 20:37 | 06:47 | 19:51 | 20:59 | 14h 36min |
| September | 06:49 | 19:31 | 07:33 | 18:47 | 19:51 | 12h 41min |
| October | 07:37 | 18:23 | 08:22 | 17:38 | 18:44 | 10h 47min |
| November | 07:30 | 16:28 | 08:22 | 15:36 | 16:51 | 8h 58min |
| December | 08:11 | 16:08 | 09:10 | 15:09 | 16:33 | 7h 58min |
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 05:53 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:00.
After sunset, Jena still offers the blue hour: from 21:57 to 22:16 in June (19 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 Jena today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Jena from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:37, in mid-December at 15:09.
How long does golden hour last in Jena?
Between 43 minutes (September) and 60 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
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.