Golden hour in Suva
Golden hour in Suva starts at 17:07 on 15 June and runs 32 minutes; on 15 December it is 31 minutes from 18:07. The calculator above is preset to Suva — 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 Suva
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Golden and blue hour in Suva: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Suva (-18.1416, 178.4419) and the Pacific/Fiji timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 29 minutes in February and 32 in June — 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 | 05:43 | 18:49 | 06:14 | 18:18 | 19:04 | 13h 06min |
| February | 06:01 | 18:42 | 06:30 | 18:13 | 18:56 | 12h 42min |
| March | 06:10 | 18:23 | 06:38 | 17:54 | 18:36 | 12h 13min |
| April | 06:16 | 17:58 | 06:45 | 17:29 | 18:11 | 11h 42min |
| May | 06:25 | 17:42 | 06:56 | 17:11 | 17:56 | 11h 16min |
| June | 06:36 | 17:39 | 07:08 | 17:07 | 17:53 | 11h 03min |
| July | 06:39 | 17:47 | 07:10 | 17:15 | 18:01 | 11h 08min |
| August | 06:27 | 17:56 | 06:57 | 17:26 | 18:10 | 11h 29min |
| September | 06:03 | 18:02 | 06:32 | 17:33 | 18:15 | 11h 58min |
| October | 05:38 | 18:07 | 06:07 | 17:38 | 18:21 | 12h 29min |
| November | 05:23 | 18:20 | 05:53 | 17:50 | 18:34 | 12h 57min |
| December | 05:26 | 18:38 | 05:57 | 18:07 | 18:53 | 13h 12min |
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 07:08 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:36.
After sunset, Suva still offers the blue hour: from 17:53 to 18:03 in June (9 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 Suva today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Suva from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 17:07, in mid-December at 18:07.
How long does golden hour last in Suva?
Between 29 minutes (February) and 32 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.