Golden hour in Leipzig
Golden hour in Leipzig starts at 20:35 on 15 June and runs 54 minutes; on 15 December it is 61 minutes from 15:02. The calculator above is preset to Leipzig — 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 Leipzig
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Golden and blue hour in Leipzig: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Leipzig (51.3397, 12.3731) in the Europe/Berlin timezone, DST included. Between December (61 minutes) and March (44 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 | 08:10 | 16:31 | 09:07 | 15:34 | 16:55 | 8h 22min |
| February | 07:26 | 17:26 | 08:14 | 16:38 | 17:47 | 10h 00min |
| March | 06:26 | 18:15 | 07:10 | 17:31 | 18:35 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:16 | 20:06 | 07:01 | 19:21 | 20:28 | 13h 50min |
| May | 05:21 | 20:55 | 06:10 | 20:05 | 21:20 | 15h 34min |
| June | 04:55 | 21:29 | 05:48 | 20:35 | 21:57 | 16h 34min |
| July | 05:12 | 21:22 | 06:04 | 20:30 | 21:48 | 16h 10min |
| August | 05:57 | 20:35 | 06:43 | 19:49 | 20:58 | 14h 38min |
| September | 06:46 | 19:28 | 07:30 | 18:44 | 19:48 | 12h 42min |
| October | 07:34 | 18:20 | 08:20 | 17:34 | 18:40 | 10h 45min |
| November | 07:28 | 16:24 | 08:21 | 15:31 | 16:46 | 8h 55min |
| December | 08:10 | 16:03 | 09:10 | 15:02 | 16:28 | 7h 54min |
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 05:48 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:55.
After sunset, Leipzig 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 Leipzig today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Leipzig from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:35, in mid-December at 15:02.
How long does golden hour last in Leipzig?
Between 44 minutes (March) and 61 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.