Golden hour in Plovdiv
Golden hour in Plovdiv starts at 20:17 on 15 June and runs 42 minutes; on 15 December it is 45 minutes from 16:06. The calculator above is preset to Plovdiv — 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 Plovdiv
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Golden and blue hour in Plovdiv: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Plovdiv (42.1354, 24.7453) in the Europe/Sofia timezone, DST included. Between December (45 minutes) and March (37 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 | 07:48 | 17:14 | 08:31 | 16:31 | 17:33 | 9h 26min |
| February | 07:19 | 17:54 | 07:58 | 17:14 | 18:11 | 10h 35min |
| March | 06:34 | 18:27 | 07:11 | 17:50 | 18:44 | 11h 53min |
| April | 06:42 | 20:02 | 07:19 | 19:24 | 20:20 | 13h 20min |
| May | 06:01 | 20:35 | 06:42 | 19:55 | 20:54 | 14h 34min |
| June | 05:45 | 20:59 | 06:28 | 20:17 | 21:20 | 15h 14min |
| July | 05:59 | 20:57 | 06:40 | 20:15 | 21:17 | 14h 58min |
| August | 06:29 | 20:24 | 07:08 | 19:45 | 20:42 | 13h 55min |
| September | 07:01 | 19:33 | 07:38 | 18:56 | 19:50 | 12h 32min |
| October | 07:34 | 18:41 | 08:12 | 18:03 | 18:59 | 11h 08min |
| November | 07:12 | 17:01 | 07:53 | 16:20 | 17:20 | 9h 50min |
| December | 07:43 | 16:51 | 08:28 | 16:06 | 17:10 | 9h 08min |
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 06:28 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:45.
After sunset, Plovdiv still offers the blue hour: from 21:20 to 21:34 in June (14 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 Plovdiv today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Plovdiv from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:17, in mid-December at 16:06.
How long does golden hour last in Plovdiv?
Between 37 minutes (March) and 45 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.