Golden hour in Prague
Golden hour in Prague starts at 20:22 on 15 June and runs 52 minutes; on 15 December it is 58 minutes from 15:03. The calculator above is preset to Prague — 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 Prague
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Golden and blue hour in Prague: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Prague (50.0755, 14.4378) in the Europe/Prague timezone, DST included. Between December (58 minutes) and March (43 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 | 07:56 | 16:28 | 08:50 | 15:34 | 16:51 | 8h 32min |
| February | 07:15 | 17:20 | 08:01 | 16:34 | 17:41 | 10h 06min |
| March | 06:18 | 18:07 | 07:00 | 17:24 | 18:26 | 11h 49min |
| April | 06:10 | 19:55 | 06:54 | 19:12 | 20:16 | 13h 45min |
| May | 05:17 | 20:42 | 06:05 | 19:54 | 21:05 | 15h 24min |
| June | 04:53 | 21:14 | 05:45 | 20:22 | 21:41 | 16h 21min |
| July | 05:10 | 21:08 | 06:00 | 20:18 | 21:33 | 15h 58min |
| August | 05:52 | 20:23 | 06:37 | 19:38 | 20:45 | 14h 31min |
| September | 06:38 | 19:19 | 07:21 | 18:36 | 19:39 | 12h 40min |
| October | 07:24 | 18:13 | 08:09 | 17:29 | 18:33 | 10h 49min |
| November | 07:16 | 16:20 | 08:07 | 15:29 | 16:42 | 9h 04min |
| December | 07:55 | 16:01 | 08:53 | 15:03 | 16:25 | 8h 06min |
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 05:45 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:53.
After sunset, Prague still offers the blue hour: from 21:41 to 21:59 in June (18 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 Prague today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Prague from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:22, in mid-December at 15:03.
How long does golden hour last in Prague?
Between 43 minutes (March) and 58 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.