Golden hour in Kolkata
Golden hour in Kolkata starts at 17:51 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 16:22. The calculator above is preset to Kolkata — 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 Kolkata
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Golden and blue hour in Kolkata: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Kolkata (22.5726, 88.3639) and the Asia/Calcutta timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 30 minutes in March and 33 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 | 06:20 | 17:13 | 06:52 | 16:41 | 17:28 | 10h 54min |
| February | 06:10 | 17:34 | 06:40 | 17:03 | 17:48 | 11h 24min |
| March | 05:47 | 17:46 | 06:16 | 17:17 | 18:00 | 12h 00min |
| April | 05:17 | 17:57 | 05:47 | 17:27 | 18:11 | 12h 40min |
| May | 04:57 | 18:10 | 05:29 | 17:39 | 18:25 | 13h 13min |
| June | 04:53 | 18:23 | 05:25 | 17:51 | 18:38 | 13h 30min |
| July | 05:01 | 18:25 | 05:33 | 17:53 | 18:40 | 13h 24min |
| August | 05:14 | 18:10 | 05:45 | 17:39 | 18:24 | 12h 56min |
| September | 05:24 | 17:42 | 05:54 | 17:12 | 17:56 | 12h 18min |
| October | 05:33 | 17:13 | 06:04 | 16:43 | 17:27 | 11h 39min |
| November | 05:50 | 16:54 | 06:22 | 16:22 | 17:09 | 11h 04min |
| December | 06:09 | 16:55 | 06:43 | 16:22 | 17:10 | 10h 46min |
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 05:25 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:53.
After sunset, Kolkata still offers the blue hour: from 18:38 to 18:48 in June (10 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 Kolkata today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Kolkata from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:51, in mid-December at 16:22.
How long does golden hour last in Kolkata?
Between 30 minutes (March) and 33 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.