Golden & Blue Hour Planner
Plan photography around golden and blue hour, with local windows for any date and a monthly calendar.
Choose a place and date
Choose a city to begin.
Downloads cover the displayed month. ICS includes each golden and blue hour window with its start and end. Events do not block availability and have no reminders.
Choose a date for its full details.
On a small screen, scroll the table sideways to see all columns.
Plan your photography light
Find windows when the Sun is low in the sky for a photography session. The planner uses the Sun's center at −4° to +6° for golden hour and −6° to −4° for blue hour, matching a common PhotoPills convention. Other tools may use different limits.
Why isn't golden hour exactly one hour?
These periods are defined by Sun altitude, so their duration changes with latitude and season. They can be short, long, absent or continue across midnight. Every listed interval is restricted to the chosen local calendar date; a next-day endpoint is labeled with its date.
What happens near the poles?
The Sun may never enter one of the altitude bands, or may remain within it for a long period. We show the actual windows, including partial windows at midnight, rather than assuming a morning and evening session always exist.
Will the sky look golden or blue?
The windows help plan a session, but do not predict color or weather. Clouds, haze, terrain, buildings and elevation affect what you see. Sunrise and sunset use standard refraction; the photography bands use geometric Sun-center altitude.
Time zones, dates and sources
Times use the city's IANA time zone and this browser's time-zone data, including daylight-saving changes. A skipped local date is marked unavailable. Supported dates are 1900–2100; future time-zone laws may change. City coordinates come from GeoNames. Calculations use locally hosted, MIT-licensed Astronomy Engine; lunar reference checks use US Naval Observatory data. Times are rounded to minutes.
What is saved?
Calculations run in your browser. City searches reach TimeCubby. Nothing is saved automatically, and no account or location permission is needed. A copied link includes your selected city, date and display settings.