Golden hour in Karlsruhe
Golden hour in Karlsruhe starts at 20:43 on 15 June and runs 50 minutes; on 15 December it is 55 minutes from 15:35. The calculator above is preset to Karlsruhe — 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 Karlsruhe
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Golden and blue hour in Karlsruhe: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Karlsruhe (49.0069, 8.4037) and the Europe/Berlin timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 42 minutes in March and 55 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 | 08:16 | 16:57 | 09:08 | 16:04 | 17:19 | 8h 41min |
| February | 07:36 | 17:47 | 08:22 | 17:01 | 18:07 | 10h 10min |
| March | 06:41 | 18:31 | 07:23 | 17:49 | 18:50 | 11h 50min |
| April | 06:36 | 20:18 | 07:19 | 19:35 | 20:38 | 13h 41min |
| May | 05:45 | 21:02 | 06:32 | 20:15 | 21:25 | 15h 16min |
| June | 05:22 | 21:33 | 06:13 | 20:43 | 21:58 | 16h 11min |
| July | 05:39 | 21:27 | 06:27 | 20:39 | 21:52 | 15h 49min |
| August | 06:19 | 20:45 | 07:03 | 20:01 | 21:06 | 14h 25min |
| September | 07:03 | 19:42 | 07:45 | 19:00 | 20:02 | 12h 39min |
| October | 07:47 | 18:39 | 08:30 | 17:55 | 18:58 | 10h 52min |
| November | 07:36 | 16:47 | 08:26 | 15:58 | 17:09 | 9h 11min |
| December | 08:15 | 16:30 | 09:10 | 15:35 | 16:53 | 8h 16min |
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 06:13 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:22.
After sunset, Karlsruhe still offers the blue hour: from 21:58 to 22:16 in June (17 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 Karlsruhe today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Karlsruhe from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:43, in mid-December at 15:35.
How long does golden hour last in Karlsruhe?
Between 42 minutes (March) and 55 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.