Golden hour in Tartu
Golden hour in Tartu starts at 21:10 on 15 June and runs 72 minutes; on 15 December it is 97 minutes from 13:44. The calculator above is preset to Tartu — 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 Tartu
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Golden and blue hour in Tartu: all twelve months
The table shows mid-month (the 15th) — computed from the coordinates of Tartu (58.3776, 26.729) in the Europe/Tallinn timezone, DST included. Between December (97 minutes) and September (52 minutes) the evening window changes by a factor of 1.9.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden am (until) | Golden pm (from) | Blue hour (from) | Daylight |
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| January | 08:50 | 15:56 | 10:13 | 14:33 | 16:27 | 7h 06min |
| February | 07:47 | 17:09 | 08:48 | 16:09 | 17:35 | 9h 21min |
| March | 06:31 | 18:15 | 07:24 | 17:22 | 18:39 | 11h 44min |
| April | 06:03 | 20:25 | 06:57 | 19:31 | 20:51 | 14h 22min |
| May | 04:48 | 21:33 | 05:50 | 20:30 | 22:06 | 16h 45min |
| June | 04:07 | 22:22 | 05:19 | 21:10 | 23:05 | 18h 15min |
| July | 04:31 | 22:08 | 05:38 | 21:01 | 22:46 | 17h 37min |
| August | 05:35 | 21:02 | 06:32 | 20:05 | 21:31 | 15h 27min |
| September | 06:43 | 19:36 | 07:35 | 18:44 | 20:01 | 12h 53min |
| October | 07:49 | 18:10 | 08:45 | 17:15 | 18:35 | 10h 22min |
| November | 08:02 | 15:55 | 09:13 | 14:44 | 16:24 | 7h 54min |
| December | 08:57 | 15:21 | 10:34 | 13:44 | 15:55 | 6h 25min |
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 05:19 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 04:07.
After sunset, Tartu still offers the blue hour: from 23:05 to 23:40 in June (35 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 Tartu today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Tartu from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 21:10, in mid-December at 13:44.
How long does golden hour last in Tartu?
Between 52 minutes (September) and 97 minutes (December) in the evening. The name misleads — it only reaches a full hour in the longest months.
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.