Golden hour in Mumbai
Golden hour in Mumbai starts at 18:46 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 32 minutes from 17:32. The calculator above is preset to Mumbai — 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 Mumbai
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Golden and blue hour in Mumbai: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Mumbai (19.076, 72.8777) and the Asia/Kolkata timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 29 minutes in March and 32 in January — 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 | 07:15 | 18:21 | 07:47 | 17:50 | 18:36 | 11h 06min |
| February | 07:08 | 18:39 | 07:38 | 18:09 | 18:53 | 11h 31min |
| March | 06:48 | 18:49 | 07:17 | 18:20 | 19:02 | 12h 01min |
| April | 06:22 | 18:56 | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:10 | 12h 34min |
| May | 06:05 | 19:06 | 06:36 | 18:36 | 19:21 | 13h 02min |
| June | 06:02 | 19:18 | 06:33 | 18:46 | 19:33 | 13h 16min |
| July | 06:10 | 19:20 | 06:41 | 18:49 | 19:35 | 13h 11min |
| August | 06:20 | 19:08 | 06:50 | 18:38 | 19:22 | 12h 47min |
| September | 06:27 | 18:43 | 06:56 | 18:14 | 18:56 | 12h 16min |
| October | 06:33 | 18:17 | 07:02 | 17:48 | 18:30 | 11h 44min |
| November | 06:47 | 18:01 | 07:17 | 17:30 | 18:15 | 11h 15min |
| December | 07:05 | 18:04 | 07:37 | 17:32 | 18:19 | 10h 59min |
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 06:33 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:02.
After sunset, Mumbai still offers the blue hour: from 19:33 to 19:42 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 Mumbai today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Mumbai from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:46, in mid-December at 17:32.
How long does golden hour last in Mumbai?
Between 29 minutes (March) and 32 minutes (January) 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.