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Golden Hour Calendar

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Golden Hour Calendar

A printable solar-light planner for morning and evening golden-hour windows, built from transparent date, place and UTC-offset assumptions.

Inputs, result, proof and time.

Use the instrument above, then check the calculation record, assumptions and related tools below.

Golden Hour Calendar

Golden-hour shoot plan

Sydney, Australia - Wednesday, 2 September 2026 to Tuesday, 8 September 2026 - UTC+10
Morning gold
05:58 to 06:47
Evening gold
17:03 to 17:52
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
17:37
Day length11h 24m
Golden light1h 38m
Best day shownWednesday 2 September 2026
Average gold1h 38m
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Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Sunrise 06:13 - sunset 17:37 - day length 11h 24m.

AM 05:58 to 06:47PM 17:03 to 17:52 - total 1h 38m

Thursday, 3 September 2026

Sunrise 06:12 - sunset 17:38 - day length 11h 26m.

AM 05:57 to 06:46PM 17:04 to 17:53 - total 1h 38m

Friday, 4 September 2026

Sunrise 06:11 - sunset 17:38 - day length 11h 28m.

AM 05:55 to 06:44PM 17:05 to 17:54 - total 1h 38m

Saturday, 5 September 2026

Sunrise 06:09 - sunset 17:39 - day length 11h 30m.

AM 05:54 to 06:43PM 17:06 to 17:54 - total 1h 38m

Sunday, 6 September 2026

Sunrise 06:08 - sunset 17:40 - day length 11h 32m.

AM 05:53 to 06:41PM 17:06 to 17:55 - total 1h 38m

Monday, 7 September 2026

Sunrise 06:07 - sunset 17:40 - day length 11h 34m.

AM 05:51 to 06:40PM 17:07 to 17:56 - total 1h 37m

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Sunrise 06:05 - sunset 17:41 - day length 11h 36m.

AM 05:50 to 06:39PM 17:08 to 17:56 - total 1h 37m

Assumptions

Times use the entered latitude, longitude and fixed UTC offset. Golden hour is modelled as sun elevation from -4 degrees to 6 degrees.

Limits

High-latitude dates may have missing crossings. Local horizon, terrain, refraction, weather and daylight-saving offset changes are not auto-detected.

Notes

Golden hour uses approximate sun elevation windows. Check local weather, terrain and safety before planning a shoot.

Method

Golden hour is estimated from solar elevation.

The tool uses NOAA-style solar declination and equation-of-time approximations to estimate when the sun crosses selected elevation angles. The printable sheet uses -4 degrees to 6 degrees for golden-hour planning and -0.833 degrees for civil sunrise and sunset.

Location matters

Latitude, longitude and UTC offset drive the local clock times. Daylight-saving changes must be represented by the offset you enter.

Print path

The print button opens browser print. Print CSS keeps the summary, month grid, seven-day plan, assumptions and notes while hiding controls.

Truth boundary

Golden-hour timing is a planning estimate. Terrain, weather, haze, buildings and exact horizon height can change usable light.

Source Notes

The factual layer is approximate solar position arithmetic.

CalculationTime uses browser date inputs, UTC-normalized day stepping, NOAA solar equation references and explicit elevation thresholds. The result is useful for planning, but it is not a field ephemeris or weather forecast.

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