Golden hour in Ottawa
Golden hour in Ottawa starts at 20:08 on 15 June and runs 46 minutes; on 15 December it is 49 minutes from 15:32. The calculator above is preset to Ottawa — 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 Ottawa
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Golden and blue hour in Ottawa: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Ottawa (45.4215, -75.6972) in the America/Toronto timezone, DST included. Between December (49 minutes) and March (39 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.3.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:40 | 16:46 | 08:27 | 15:59 | 17:06 | 9h 06min |
| February | 07:06 | 17:30 | 07:47 | 16:48 | 17:49 | 10h 25min |
| March | 07:16 | 19:09 | 07:56 | 18:30 | 19:27 | 11h 52min |
| April | 06:18 | 19:49 | 06:58 | 19:09 | 20:07 | 13h 30min |
| May | 05:33 | 20:27 | 06:16 | 19:44 | 20:48 | 14h 53min |
| June | 05:15 | 20:54 | 06:00 | 20:08 | 21:16 | 15h 39min |
| July | 05:29 | 20:49 | 06:14 | 20:05 | 21:11 | 15h 20min |
| August | 06:04 | 20:12 | 06:45 | 19:31 | 20:32 | 14h 08min |
| September | 06:42 | 19:16 | 07:21 | 18:37 | 19:34 | 12h 34min |
| October | 07:19 | 18:19 | 08:00 | 17:39 | 18:37 | 11h 00min |
| November | 07:02 | 16:34 | 07:47 | 15:49 | 16:54 | 9h 32min |
| December | 07:37 | 16:21 | 08:26 | 15:32 | 16:42 | 8h 44min |
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 06:00 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:15.
After sunset, Ottawa still offers the blue hour: from 21:16 to 21:31 in June (15 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 Ottawa today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Ottawa from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:08, in mid-December at 15:32.
How long does golden hour last in Ottawa?
Between 39 minutes (March) and 49 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.