Golden hour in Shenzhen
Golden hour in Shenzhen starts at 18:38 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 33 minutes from 17:09. The calculator above is preset to Shenzhen — 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 Shenzhen
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Golden and blue hour in Shenzhen: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Shenzhen (22.5431, 114.0579) and the Asia/Shanghai timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 30 minutes in March and 33 in December — schedule "an hour" and you are wrong in both.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 07:07 | 18:00 | 07:39 | 17:28 | 18:15 | 10h 54min |
| February | 06:57 | 18:21 | 07:28 | 17:50 | 18:35 | 11h 24min |
| March | 06:34 | 18:33 | 07:04 | 18:04 | 18:47 | 12h 00min |
| April | 06:05 | 18:44 | 06:35 | 18:14 | 18:58 | 12h 40min |
| May | 05:45 | 18:57 | 06:16 | 18:26 | 19:12 | 13h 13min |
| June | 05:40 | 19:10 | 06:12 | 18:38 | 19:25 | 13h 30min |
| July | 05:48 | 19:12 | 06:20 | 18:40 | 19:27 | 13h 24min |
| August | 06:01 | 18:57 | 06:32 | 18:27 | 19:11 | 12h 56min |
| September | 06:11 | 18:29 | 06:41 | 17:59 | 18:43 | 12h 18min |
| October | 06:21 | 18:00 | 06:51 | 17:30 | 18:14 | 11h 39min |
| November | 06:37 | 17:41 | 07:09 | 17:10 | 17:56 | 11h 04min |
| December | 06:57 | 17:42 | 07:30 | 17:09 | 17:57 | 10h 46min |
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 06:12 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 05:40.
After sunset, Shenzhen still offers the blue hour: from 19:25 to 19:35 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 Shenzhen today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Shenzhen from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 18:38, in mid-December at 17:09.
How long does golden hour last in Shenzhen?
Between 30 minutes (March) and 33 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.