Golden hour in Qingyuan, China today

Evening golden hour in Qingyuan, China runs 18:21 – 19:05 today, Wednesday 26 August — that is 44m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 18:21 – 19:05
Duration: 44m
Sunset: 18:51
Blue hour: 19:05 – 19:14
Sunset direction: 282° (WNW)

16h 31m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 05:53 – 06:37
Duration: 44m
Sunrise: 06:07
Blue hour: 05:44 – 05:53
Sunrise direction: 78° (ENE)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Qingyuan.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Wed 26 Aug	18:21	19:05	44m	19:05 – 19:14	18:51	282° WNW
Thu 27 Aug	18:20	19:05	44m	19:05 – 19:14	18:50	281° WNW
Fri 28 Aug	18:19	19:04	44m	19:04 – 19:13	18:49	281° W
Sat 29 Aug	18:18	19:03	44m	19:03 – 19:12	18:49	281° W
Sun 30 Aug	18:17	19:02	44m	19:02 – 19:11	18:48	280° W
Mon 31 Aug	18:16	19:01	44m	19:01 – 19:10	18:47	280° W
Tue 1 Sep	18:16	19:00	44m	19:00 – 19:09	18:46	279° W

Golden hour in August 2026

Evening golden hour start, end and duration for every day of August 2026.
Date	Starts	Ends	Duration	Sunset
Sat 1	18:39	19:25	46m	19:10
Sun 2	18:38	19:25	46m	19:10
Mon 3	18:38	19:24	46m	19:09
Tue 4	18:37	19:23	46m	19:09
Wed 5	18:37	19:23	45m	19:08
Thu 6	18:36	19:22	45m	19:07
Fri 7	18:35	19:21	45m	19:07
Sat 8	18:35	19:21	45m	19:06
Sun 9	18:34	19:20	45m	19:05
Mon 10	18:34	19:19	45m	19:05
Tue 11	18:33	19:18	45m	19:04
Wed 12	18:32	19:18	45m	19:03
Thu 13	18:31	19:17	45m	19:02
Fri 14	18:31	19:16	45m	19:02
Sat 15	18:30	19:15	45m	19:01
Sun 16	18:29	19:14	45m	19:00
Mon 17	18:28	19:14	45m	18:59
Tue 18	18:28	19:13	44m	18:58
Wed 19	18:27	19:12	44m	18:58
Thu 20	18:26	19:11	44m	18:57
Fri 21	18:25	19:10	44m	18:56
Sat 22	18:24	19:09	44m	18:55
Sun 23	18:24	19:08	44m	18:54
Mon 24	18:23	19:07	44m	18:53
Tue 25	18:22	19:06	44m	18:52
Wed 26	18:21	19:05	44m	18:51
Thu 27	18:20	19:05	44m	18:50
Fri 28	18:19	19:04	44m	18:49
Sat 29	18:18	19:03	44m	18:49
Sun 30	18:17	19:02	44m	18:48
Mon 31	18:16	19:01	44m	18:47

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. The months differ by only a few minutes a day here, so no single one is worth planning a trip around.

What the numbers mean for Qingyuan

Through August the evening window averages about 45 minutes a day here.

The window barely changes across the year — every month sits within a few minutes of 49 minutes. Close to the equator the sun drops almost vertically, so the golden band is crossed at much the same speed whatever the season.

Compared with a temperate city, the window is short. London gets about 67 minutes this evening against 44 here — the sun meets the horizon almost vertically at 23.7°, so it crosses the golden band quickly and the light goes from warm to gone with little warning.

The light comes from west-northwest tonight, at 282° on the compass. Check that against your viewpoint before committing to it — the bearing moves through the year, as the table above shows.

What counts as golden hour

Golden hour is defined here by the sun’s altitude, not by a fixed number of minutes. It runs while the sun sits between +6° and −4° relative to the horizon: high enough to still light the scene, low enough that the light has travelled through a long path of atmosphere and lost its blue.

Below −4° the direct light is gone and blue hour takes over, running to −6° where civil twilight ends. Because the definition is angular, the length of golden hour depends on how steeply the sun meets the horizon — which is a function of latitude and season, not of the clock. That is why it lasts 44m here today and about 41 minutes at the equator.

Full definitions of every term used here — golden hour, blue hour, altitude, azimuth — are in the glossary.

Full sunrise and sunset times for Qingyuan Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.