Golden hour in Tulsa
Golden hour in Tulsa starts at 20:05 on 15 June and runs 38 minutes; on 15 December it is 40 minutes from 16:32. The calculator above is preset to Tulsa — 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 Tulsa
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Golden and blue hour in Tulsa: all twelve months
Everything derives from the coordinates of Tulsa (36.154, -95.9928) and the America/Chicago timezone — no estimates. The planning-relevant part: the evening window here swings between 34 minutes in March and 40 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 | 07:35 | 17:33 | 08:13 | 16:54 | 17:50 | 9h 58min |
| February | 07:12 | 18:06 | 07:48 | 17:30 | 18:22 | 10h 53min |
| March | 07:36 | 19:32 | 08:10 | 18:58 | 19:47 | 11h 56min |
| April | 06:51 | 19:58 | 07:26 | 19:23 | 20:14 | 13h 06min |
| May | 06:19 | 20:24 | 06:55 | 19:47 | 20:41 | 14h 05min |
| June | 06:07 | 20:43 | 06:45 | 20:05 | 21:02 | 14h 36min |
| July | 06:19 | 20:42 | 06:56 | 20:05 | 21:00 | 14h 23min |
| August | 06:43 | 20:16 | 07:18 | 19:41 | 20:32 | 13h 33min |
| September | 07:07 | 19:33 | 07:41 | 18:59 | 19:49 | 12h 26min |
| October | 07:31 | 18:49 | 08:06 | 18:15 | 19:05 | 11h 18min |
| November | 07:02 | 17:17 | 07:39 | 16:40 | 17:34 | 10h 16min |
| December | 07:29 | 17:11 | 08:08 | 16:32 | 17:29 | 9h 43min |
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 06:45 in June) instead requires camera and lighting to be standing before sunrise — with a call well before 06:07.
After sunset, Tulsa still offers the blue hour: from 21:02 to 21:14 in June (12 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 Tulsa today?
Pick today's date in the calculator above — it computes the times for Tulsa from the coordinates, DST included. As a bearing: in mid-June it starts at 20:05, in mid-December at 16:32.
How long does golden hour last in Tulsa?
Between 34 minutes (March) and 40 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.