Solar almanac · 2026-05-15 · India

Golden hour in Ahmedabad in May

23.0225° N
72.5714° E
Asia/Kolkata

Daily solar times for May 2026 in local time (Asia/Kolkata).

Golden hour & blue hour

WindowStartsEnds
Blue hour (morning)05:0505:34
Golden hour (morning)05:5806:30
Golden hour (evening)18:4219:13
Blue hour (evening)19:3720:06

Light profile · calculated

Golden hour in Ahmedabad through the year

Midsummer
33 min
Equinox
30 min
Midwinter
33 min

Length of the evening golden-hour window.

Ahmedabad lies at 23.02° N, in the tropics, where the sun climbs steeply and sets fast. Its longest measured day falls on Thu 18 June 2026 with 13h 33m of daylight, and its shortest on Sat 19 December 2026 with 10h 43m — a difference of 2h 50m between the two extremes.

Evening golden hour in Ahmedabad runs for roughly 33 minutes at the height of summer, 30 minutes around the March equinox and 33 minutes at midwinter. The warm window is at its most generous in summer, so summer shoots allow more time to work a location.

The sun sets toward 296° WNW in late June and toward 245° WSW in late December, a shift of about 51° in where the last light lands — worth checking before committing to a west-facing viewpoint. In Ahmedabad, the sky reaches full darkness between evening and morning twilight year-round.

Reference day · 2026-05-15

+1 min/day

Sunrise
05:58

rises at 69° ENE

Sunset
19:13

sets at 291° WNW

Solar noon
12:36
Day length
13h 15m

Daylight envelope · May

+0h 27m
Each bar is one day. The cool line traces sunrise; the warm line traces sunset.

May averages

Avg sunrise
05:59
Avg sunset
19:14
Avg day length
13h 15m
Day length change
+0h 27m

First to last day

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
2026-05-0106:0619:0713h 00m
2026-05-0206:0619:0713h 01m
2026-05-0306:0519:0713h 02m
2026-05-0406:0419:0813h 04m
2026-05-0506:0419:0813h 05m
2026-05-0606:0319:0913h 06m
2026-05-0706:0319:0913h 07m
2026-05-0806:0219:1013h 08m
2026-05-0906:0119:1013h 09m
2026-05-1006:0119:1113h 10m
2026-05-1106:0019:1113h 11m
2026-05-1206:0019:1213h 12m
2026-05-1305:5919:1213h 13m
2026-05-1405:5919:1313h 14m
2026-05-1505:5819:1313h 15m
2026-05-1605:5819:1413h 16m
2026-05-1705:5819:1413h 16m
2026-05-1805:5719:1413h 17m
2026-05-1905:5719:1513h 18m
2026-05-2005:5619:1513h 19m
2026-05-2105:5619:1613h 20m
2026-05-2205:5619:1613h 21m
2026-05-2305:5519:1713h 21m
2026-05-2405:5519:1713h 22m
2026-05-2505:5519:1813h 23m
2026-05-2605:5519:1813h 24m
2026-05-2705:5419:1913h 24m
2026-05-2805:5419:1913h 25m
2026-05-2905:5419:2013h 26m
2026-05-3005:5419:2013h 26m
2026-05-3105:5419:2013h 27m

Annual light rhythm · Ahmedabad

10h 44m—13h 33m
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Longest days in June (13h 33m), shortest in December (10h 44m).

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