Golden hour in Nashville
Golden hour in Nashville starts at 19:29 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 40 minutes from 15:55. The calculator above is preset to Nashville — 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 Nashville
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Golden and blue hour in Nashville: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Nashville (36.1627, -86.7816) in the America/Chicago timezone, DST included. Between December (40 minutes) and March (34 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.2.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 06:58 | 16:56 | 07:37 | 16:18 | 17:13 | 9h 58min |
| February | 06:36 | 17:29 | 07:11 | 16:53 | 17:45 | 10h 53min |
| March | 06:59 | 18:55 | 07:33 | 18:21 | 19:11 | 11h 56min |
| April | 06:15 | 19:21 | 06:49 | 18:47 | 19:37 | 13h 06min |
| May | 05:42 | 19:47 | 06:18 | 19:10 | 20:04 | 14h 05min |
| June | 05:30 | 20:07 | 06:08 | 19:29 | 20:25 | 14h 36min |
| July | 05:42 | 20:05 | 06:19 | 19:28 | 20:23 | 14h 23min |
| August | 06:06 | 19:39 | 06:41 | 19:04 | 19:56 | 13h 33min |
| September | 06:30 | 18:56 | 07:04 | 18:22 | 19:12 | 12h 26min |
| October | 06:55 | 18:13 | 07:29 | 17:38 | 18:28 | 11h 18min |
| November | 06:25 | 16:40 | 07:02 | 16:03 | 16:57 | 10h 16min |
| December | 06:52 | 16:35 | 07:31 | 15:55 | 16:52 | 9h 43min |
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 06:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:30.
After sunset, Nashville still offers the blue hour: from 20:25 to 20:37 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 Nashville today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Nashville from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:29, in mid-December at 15:55.
How long does golden hour last in Nashville?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 40 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.