Golden hour in Pretoria
Golden hour in Pretoria starts at 16:50 on 15 June and runs 34 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 18:22. The calculator above is preset to Pretoria — 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 Pretoria
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Golden and blue hour in Pretoria: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Pretoria (-25.7479, 28.2293) in the Africa/Johannesburg timezone, DST included. Between June (34 minutes) and March (30 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.1.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 05:30 | 19:04 | 06:03 | 18:31 | 19:20 | 13h 34min |
| February | 05:53 | 18:51 | 06:24 | 18:20 | 19:06 | 12h 58min |
| March | 06:09 | 18:25 | 06:39 | 17:55 | 18:39 | 12h 16min |
| April | 06:23 | 17:53 | 06:54 | 17:22 | 18:07 | 11h 30min |
| May | 06:38 | 17:30 | 07:11 | 16:58 | 17:45 | 10h 52min |
| June | 06:52 | 17:25 | 07:26 | 16:50 | 17:40 | 10h 32min |
| July | 06:53 | 17:34 | 07:27 | 17:00 | 17:49 | 10h 40min |
| August | 06:37 | 17:49 | 07:08 | 17:17 | 18:03 | 11h 12min |
| September | 06:06 | 18:01 | 06:36 | 17:31 | 18:15 | 11h 55min |
| October | 05:33 | 18:14 | 06:04 | 17:43 | 18:28 | 12h 40min |
| November | 05:12 | 18:33 | 05:44 | 18:01 | 18:49 | 13h 22min |
| December | 05:11 | 18:55 | 05:44 | 18:22 | 19:11 | 13h 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 07:26 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:52.
After sunset, Pretoria still offers the blue hour: from 17:40 to 17:50 in June (10 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 Pretoria today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Pretoria from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 16:50, in mid-December at 18:22.
How long does golden hour last in Pretoria?
Between 30 minutes (March) and 34 minutes (June) 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.