Solar almanac · 2026-09-15 · India

Golden hour in Delhi in September

28.7041° N
77.1025° E
Asia/Kolkata

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

Golden hour & blue hour

WindowStartsEnds
Blue hour (morning)05:1505:42
Golden hour (morning)06:0606:37
Golden hour (evening)17:5518:26
Blue hour (evening)18:5019:18

Light profile · calculated

Golden hour in Delhi through the year

Midsummer
35 min
Equinox
31 min
Midwinter
36 min

Length of the evening golden-hour window.

Delhi lies at 28.70° N, in the subtropics, with short, decisive twilights. Its longest measured day falls on Sat 20 June 2026 with 13h 59m of daylight, and its shortest on Fri 18 December 2026 with 10h 19m — a difference of 3h 40m between the two extremes.

Evening golden hour in Delhi runs for roughly 35 minutes at the height of summer, 31 minutes around the March equinox and 36 minutes at midwinter. The warm window is actually widest in the colder months, which makes winter evenings unusually forgiving here.

The sun sets toward 297° WNW in late June and toward 244° WSW in late December, a shift of about 54° in where the last light lands — worth checking before committing to a west-facing viewpoint. In Delhi, the sky reaches full darkness between evening and morning twilight year-round.

Reference day · 2026-09-15

−1 min/day

Sunrise
06:06

rises at 86° E

Sunset
18:26

sets at 274° W

Solar noon
12:16
Day length
12h 21m

Daylight envelope · September

−0h 49m
Each bar is one day. The cool line traces sunrise; the warm line traces sunset.

September averages

Avg sunrise
06:06
Avg sunset
18:26
Avg day length
12h 20m
Day length change
−0h 49m

First to last day

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
2026-09-0105:5918:4312h 44m
2026-09-0205:5918:4212h 42m
2026-09-0306:0018:4112h 41m
2026-09-0406:0018:3912h 39m
2026-09-0506:0118:3812h 37m
2026-09-0606:0118:3712h 36m
2026-09-0706:0218:3612h 34m
2026-09-0806:0218:3512h 32m
2026-09-0906:0318:3412h 31m
2026-09-1006:0318:3212h 29m
2026-09-1106:0418:3112h 27m
2026-09-1206:0418:3012h 26m
2026-09-1306:0518:2912h 24m
2026-09-1406:0518:2812h 22m
2026-09-1506:0618:2612h 21m
2026-09-1606:0618:2512h 19m
2026-09-1706:0718:2412h 17m
2026-09-1806:0718:2312h 15m
2026-09-1906:0818:2212h 14m
2026-09-2006:0818:2012h 12m
2026-09-2106:0918:1912h 10m
2026-09-2206:0918:1812h 09m
2026-09-2306:1018:1712h 07m
2026-09-2406:1018:1612h 05m
2026-09-2506:1118:1412h 04m
2026-09-2606:1118:1312h 02m
2026-09-2706:1218:1212h 00m
2026-09-2806:1218:1111h 58m
2026-09-2906:1318:1011h 57m
2026-09-3006:1318:0811h 55m

Annual light rhythm · Delhi

10h 20m—13h 58m
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Longest days in June (13h 58m), shortest in December (10h 20m).

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