Golden hour in Orlando
Golden hour in Orlando starts at 19:51 on 15 June and runs 34 minutes; on 15 December it is 35 minutes from 16:56. The calculator above is preset to Orlando — 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 Orlando
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Golden and blue hour in Orlando: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Orlando (28.5383, -81.3792) and the America/New_York timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 31 minutes in March and 35 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 | 07:20 | 17:51 | 07:54 | 17:17 | 18:07 | 10h 31min |
| February | 07:05 | 18:16 | 07:37 | 17:44 | 18:31 | 11h 12min |
| March | 07:36 | 19:35 | 08:07 | 19:03 | 19:49 | 11h 58min |
| April | 07:01 | 19:52 | 07:32 | 19:20 | 20:06 | 12h 51min |
| May | 06:36 | 20:10 | 07:09 | 19:37 | 20:25 | 13h 34min |
| June | 06:28 | 20:25 | 07:03 | 19:51 | 20:42 | 13h 57min |
| July | 06:38 | 20:26 | 07:12 | 19:52 | 20:42 | 13h 47min |
| August | 06:56 | 20:06 | 07:28 | 19:34 | 20:21 | 13h 10min |
| September | 07:11 | 19:32 | 07:42 | 19:01 | 19:46 | 12h 21min |
| October | 07:27 | 18:57 | 07:59 | 18:25 | 19:12 | 11h 30min |
| November | 06:49 | 17:33 | 07:23 | 16:59 | 17:48 | 10h 44min |
| December | 07:11 | 17:32 | 07:47 | 16:56 | 17:48 | 10h 20min |
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 07:03 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:28.
After sunset, Orlando still offers the blue hour: from 20:42 to 20:52 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 Orlando today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Orlando from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:51, in mid-December at 16:56.
How long does golden hour last in Orlando?
Between 31 minutes (March) and 35 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.