Golden hour in Beijing
Golden hour in Beijing starts at 19:04 on 15 June and runs 41 minutes; on 15 December it is 43 minutes from 16:08. The calculator above is preset to Beijing — 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 Beijing
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Golden and blue hour in Beijing: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Beijing (39.9042, 116.4074) in the Asia/Shanghai timezone, DST included. Between December (43 minutes) and March (36 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 | 07:35 | 17:13 | 08:16 | 16:32 | 17:32 | 9h 38min |
| February | 07:09 | 17:50 | 07:47 | 17:12 | 18:07 | 10h 41min |
| March | 06:28 | 18:21 | 07:04 | 17:45 | 18:37 | 11h 53min |
| April | 05:38 | 18:52 | 06:14 | 18:16 | 19:09 | 13h 14min |
| May | 05:01 | 19:22 | 05:39 | 18:44 | 19:41 | 14h 22min |
| June | 04:46 | 19:45 | 05:27 | 19:04 | 20:05 | 14h 59min |
| July | 04:59 | 19:43 | 05:38 | 19:03 | 20:02 | 14h 45min |
| August | 05:26 | 19:13 | 06:04 | 18:36 | 19:31 | 13h 47min |
| September | 05:56 | 18:26 | 06:31 | 17:50 | 18:42 | 12h 30min |
| October | 06:25 | 17:37 | 07:01 | 17:01 | 17:54 | 11h 13min |
| November | 06:59 | 17:00 | 07:39 | 16:20 | 17:18 | 10h 01min |
| December | 07:29 | 16:51 | 08:12 | 16:08 | 17:10 | 9h 22min |
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 05:27 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:46.
After sunset, Beijing still offers the blue hour: from 20:05 to 20:18 in June (13 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 Beijing today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Beijing from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 19:04, in mid-December at 16:08.
How long does golden hour last in Beijing?
Between 36 minutes (March) and 43 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.