Golden hour in Zhu Cheng City, China today

Evening golden hour in Zhu Cheng City, China runs 16:59 – 17:49 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 50m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 16:59 – 17:49
Duration: 50m
Sunset: 17:34
Blue hour: 17:49 – 17:59
Sunset direction: 262° (W)

17h 31m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 05:48 – 06:38
Duration: 50m
Sunrise: 06:04
Blue hour: 05:38 – 05:48
Sunrise direction: 97° (E)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Zhu Cheng City.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Sat 10 Oct	16:59	17:49	50m	17:49 – 17:59	17:34	262° W
Sun 11 Oct	16:58	17:48	50m	17:48 – 17:58	17:32	262° W
Mon 12 Oct	16:56	17:47	50m	17:47 – 17:56	17:31	261° W
Tue 13 Oct	16:55	17:45	50m	17:45 – 17:55	17:29	261° W
Wed 14 Oct	16:54	17:44	50m	17:44 – 17:54	17:28	260° W
Thu 15 Oct	16:52	17:43	50m	17:43 – 17:53	17:27	260° W
Fri 16 Oct	16:51	17:41	50m	17:41 – 17:51	17:25	260° W

Golden hour in October 2026

Evening golden hour start, end and duration for every day of October 2026.
Date	Starts	Ends	Duration	Sunset
Thu 1	17:12	18:02	49m	17:46
Fri 2	17:11	18:01	49m	17:45
Sat 3	17:09	17:59	49m	17:43
Sun 4	17:08	17:58	49m	17:42
Mon 5	17:06	17:56	49m	17:41
Tue 6	17:05	17:55	49m	17:39
Wed 7	17:04	17:53	49m	17:38
Thu 8	17:02	17:52	49m	17:36
Fri 9	17:01	17:51	50m	17:35
Sat 10	16:59	17:49	50m	17:34
Sun 11	16:58	17:48	50m	17:32
Mon 12	16:56	17:47	50m	17:31
Tue 13	16:55	17:45	50m	17:29
Wed 14	16:54	17:44	50m	17:28
Thu 15	16:52	17:43	50m	17:27
Fri 16	16:51	17:41	50m	17:25
Sat 17	16:49	17:40	50m	17:24
Sun 18	16:48	17:39	50m	17:23
Mon 19	16:47	17:37	50m	17:22
Tue 20	16:45	17:36	50m	17:20
Wed 21	16:44	17:35	50m	17:19
Thu 22	16:43	17:34	51m	17:18
Fri 23	16:41	17:33	51m	17:17
Sat 24	16:40	17:31	51m	17:15
Sun 25	16:39	17:30	51m	17:14
Mon 26	16:38	17:29	51m	17:13
Tue 27	16:36	17:28	51m	17:12
Wed 28	16:35	17:27	51m	17:11
Thu 29	16:34	17:26	51m	17:10
Fri 30	16:33	17:25	52m	17:09
Sat 31	16:32	17:24	52m	17:08

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 12%.

What the numbers mean for Zhu Cheng City

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

December is the most generous month at roughly 57 minutes an evening, and March the tightest at about 50 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.

A month from now the evening window will be about 3 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 16:22.

The light comes from west tonight, at 262° 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 50m here today and about 40 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 Zhu Cheng City Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.