Golden hour in Tianshui, China today

Evening golden hour in Tianshui, China runs 18:58 – 19:47 today, Wednesday 26 August — that is 49m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 18:58 – 19:47
Duration: 49m
Sunset: 19:31
Blue hour: 19:47 – 19:57
Sunset direction: 283° (WNW)

17h 11m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 06:09 – 06:59
Duration: 49m
Sunrise: 06:25
Blue hour: 05:59 – 06:09
Sunrise direction: 77° (ENE)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Tianshui.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Wed 26 Aug	18:58	19:47	49m	19:47 – 19:57	19:31	283° WNW
Thu 27 Aug	18:56	19:46	49m	19:46 – 19:56	19:30	283° WNW
Fri 28 Aug	18:55	19:45	49m	19:45 – 19:55	19:29	282° WNW
Sat 29 Aug	18:54	19:43	49m	19:43 – 19:53	19:27	282° WNW
Sun 30 Aug	18:53	19:42	49m	19:42 – 19:52	19:26	281° WNW
Mon 31 Aug	18:51	19:41	49m	19:41 – 19:51	19:25	281° W
Tue 1 Sep	18:50	19:39	49m	19:39 – 19:49	19:23	281° 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	19:24	20:16	52m	19:59
Sun 2	19:23	20:15	52m	19:58
Mon 3	19:22	20:14	51m	19:57
Tue 4	19:21	20:13	51m	19:56
Wed 5	19:20	20:12	51m	19:55
Thu 6	19:19	20:11	51m	19:54
Fri 7	19:18	20:10	51m	19:53
Sat 8	19:17	20:09	51m	19:52
Sun 9	19:16	20:08	51m	19:51
Mon 10	19:16	20:07	51m	19:50
Tue 11	19:15	20:06	51m	19:49
Wed 12	19:14	20:04	50m	19:48
Thu 13	19:13	20:03	50m	19:47
Fri 14	19:11	20:02	50m	19:46
Sat 15	19:10	20:01	50m	19:45
Sun 16	19:09	20:00	50m	19:44
Mon 17	19:08	19:59	50m	19:42
Tue 18	19:07	19:57	50m	19:41
Wed 19	19:06	19:56	50m	19:40
Thu 20	19:05	19:55	50m	19:39
Fri 21	19:04	19:54	50m	19:38
Sat 22	19:02	19:52	49m	19:36
Sun 23	19:01	19:51	49m	19:35
Mon 24	19:00	19:50	49m	19:34
Tue 25	18:59	19:49	49m	19:33
Wed 26	18:58	19:47	49m	19:31
Thu 27	18:56	19:46	49m	19:30
Fri 28	18:55	19:45	49m	19:29
Sat 29	18:54	19:43	49m	19:27
Sun 30	18:53	19:42	49m	19:26
Mon 31	18:51	19:41	49m	19:25

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. December is the strongest, at about 29 hours across the month; the year ranges by 13%.

What the numbers mean for Tianshui

Through August the evening window averages about 51 minutes a day here.

December is the most generous month at roughly 56 minutes an evening, and March the tightest at about 49 minutes — a difference of 1.1×. That gap is geometry, not weather: the shallower the sun meets the horizon, the longer it spends crossing the golden band.

The light comes from west-northwest tonight, at 283° 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 49m 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 Tianshui Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.