Golden hour in Nagoya
Golden hour in Nagoya starts at 18:31 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 39 minutes from 16:03. The calculator above is preset to Nagoya — 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 Nagoya
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Golden and blue hour in Nagoya: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Nagoya (35.1815, 136.9066) and the Asia/Tokyo timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 33 minutes in September and 39 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 | 07:01 | 17:03 | 07:39 | 16:25 | 17:20 | 10h 02min |
| February | 06:40 | 17:35 | 07:15 | 17:00 | 17:51 | 10h 54min |
| March | 06:05 | 18:00 | 06:38 | 17:26 | 18:15 | 11h 55min |
| April | 05:22 | 18:25 | 05:56 | 17:51 | 18:41 | 13h 03min |
| May | 04:50 | 18:49 | 05:26 | 18:13 | 19:06 | 14h 00min |
| June | 04:38 | 19:09 | 05:16 | 18:31 | 19:27 | 14h 31min |
| July | 04:49 | 19:08 | 05:26 | 18:31 | 19:26 | 14h 19min |
| August | 05:12 | 18:43 | 05:47 | 18:09 | 19:00 | 13h 31min |
| September | 05:36 | 18:02 | 06:09 | 17:29 | 18:18 | 12h 26min |
| October | 05:58 | 17:19 | 06:33 | 16:45 | 17:35 | 11h 21min |
| November | 06:27 | 16:48 | 07:04 | 16:11 | 17:05 | 10h 21min |
| December | 06:54 | 16:42 | 07:33 | 16:03 | 17:00 | 9h 48min |
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 05:16 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:38.
After sunset, Nagoya still offers the blue hour: from 19:27 to 19:39 in June (12 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 Nagoya today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Nagoya from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:31, in mid-December at 16:03.
How long does golden hour last in Nagoya?
Between 33 minutes (September) and 39 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.