Golden hour in New Orleans
Golden hour in New Orleans starts at 19:28 on 15 June and runs 35 minutes; on 15 December it is 36 minutes from 16:27. The calculator above is preset to New Orleans — 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 New Orleans
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Golden and blue hour in New Orleans: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of New Orleans (29.9511, -90.0715) and the America/Chicago timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 32 minutes in March and 36 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 | 06:57 | 17:23 | 07:33 | 16:48 | 17:39 | 10h 26min |
| February | 06:41 | 17:50 | 07:14 | 17:17 | 18:05 | 11h 09min |
| March | 07:11 | 19:09 | 07:43 | 18:37 | 19:24 | 11h 58min |
| April | 06:34 | 19:28 | 07:06 | 18:56 | 19:43 | 12h 54min |
| May | 06:08 | 19:47 | 06:42 | 19:14 | 20:03 | 13h 39min |
| June | 06:00 | 20:03 | 06:35 | 19:28 | 20:20 | 14h 04min |
| July | 06:10 | 20:04 | 06:44 | 19:29 | 20:20 | 13h 54min |
| August | 06:29 | 19:43 | 07:01 | 19:10 | 19:58 | 13h 14min |
| September | 06:46 | 19:07 | 07:17 | 18:36 | 19:22 | 12h 22min |
| October | 07:03 | 18:31 | 07:35 | 17:59 | 18:46 | 11h 28min |
| November | 06:26 | 17:05 | 07:00 | 16:31 | 17:21 | 10h 39min |
| December | 06:49 | 17:03 | 07:25 | 16:27 | 17:19 | 10h 14min |
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 06:35 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:00.
After sunset, New Orleans still offers the blue hour: from 20:20 to 20:31 in June (11 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 New Orleans today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for New Orleans from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:28, in mid-December at 16:27.
How long does golden hour last in New Orleans?
Between 32 minutes (March) and 36 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.