Golden hour in Sendai, Japan today
Evening golden hour in Sendai, Japan runs 16:31 – 17:22 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 51m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.
This evening
- Golden hour
- 16:31 – 17:22
- Duration
- 51m
- Sunset
- 17:06
- Blue hour
- 17:22 – 17:33
- Sunset direction
- 262° (W)
17h 4m until sunset
This morning
- Golden hour
- 05:23 – 06:15
- Duration
- 51m
- Sunrise
- 05:40
- Blue hour
- 05:13 – 05:23
- Sunrise direction
- 98° (E)
Conditions tonight
The next seven days
| Date | Golden hour starts | Golden hour ends | Duration | Blue hour | Sunset | Sunset direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10 Oct | 16:31 | 17:22 | 51m | 17:22 – 17:33 | 17:06 | 262° W |
| Sun 11 Oct | 16:29 | 17:21 | 51m | 17:21 – 17:31 | 17:05 | 262° W |
| Mon 12 Oct | 16:28 | 17:20 | 51m | 17:20 – 17:30 | 17:03 | 261° W |
| Tue 13 Oct | 16:26 | 17:18 | 51m | 17:18 – 17:28 | 17:02 | 261° W |
| Wed 14 Oct | 16:25 | 17:17 | 51m | 17:17 – 17:27 | 17:00 | 260° W |
| Thu 15 Oct | 16:23 | 17:15 | 52m | 17:15 – 17:25 | 16:59 | 260° W |
| Fri 16 Oct | 16:22 | 17:14 | 52m | 17:14 – 17:24 | 16:58 | 259° W |
Golden hour in October 2026
| Date | Starts | Ends | Duration | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 | 16:45 | 17:36 | 51m | 17:20 |
| Fri 2 | 16:43 | 17:34 | 51m | 17:18 |
| Sat 3 | 16:42 | 17:33 | 51m | 17:17 |
| Sun 4 | 16:40 | 17:31 | 51m | 17:15 |
| Mon 5 | 16:39 | 17:30 | 51m | 17:14 |
| Tue 6 | 16:37 | 17:28 | 51m | 17:12 |
| Wed 7 | 16:35 | 17:27 | 51m | 17:11 |
| Thu 8 | 16:34 | 17:25 | 51m | 17:09 |
| Fri 9 | 16:32 | 17:24 | 51m | 17:08 |
| Sat 10 | 16:31 | 17:22 | 51m | 17:06 |
| Sun 11 | 16:29 | 17:21 | 51m | 17:05 |
| Mon 12 | 16:28 | 17:20 | 51m | 17:03 |
| Tue 13 | 16:26 | 17:18 | 51m | 17:02 |
| Wed 14 | 16:25 | 17:17 | 51m | 17:00 |
| Thu 15 | 16:23 | 17:15 | 52m | 16:59 |
| Fri 16 | 16:22 | 17:14 | 52m | 16:58 |
| Sat 17 | 16:20 | 17:12 | 52m | 16:56 |
| Sun 18 | 16:19 | 17:11 | 52m | 16:55 |
| Mon 19 | 16:17 | 17:10 | 52m | 16:53 |
| Tue 20 | 16:16 | 17:08 | 52m | 16:52 |
| Wed 21 | 16:14 | 17:07 | 52m | 16:51 |
| Thu 22 | 16:13 | 17:06 | 52m | 16:49 |
| Fri 23 | 16:12 | 17:05 | 52m | 16:48 |
| Sat 24 | 16:10 | 17:03 | 53m | 16:47 |
| Sun 25 | 16:09 | 17:02 | 53m | 16:45 |
| Mon 26 | 16:08 | 17:01 | 53m | 16:44 |
| Tue 27 | 16:06 | 17:00 | 53m | 16:43 |
| Wed 28 | 16:05 | 16:58 | 53m | 16:42 |
| Thu 29 | 16:04 | 16:57 | 53m | 16:41 |
| Fri 30 | 16:02 | 16:56 | 53m | 16:39 |
| Sat 31 | 16:01 | 16:55 | 53m | 16:38 |
How much golden light each month gives you
What the numbers mean for Sendai
Through October the evening window averages about 52 minutes a day here.
December is the most generous month at roughly 59 minutes an evening, and March the tightest at about 51 minutes — a difference of 1.2×. 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 4 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 15:51.
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 51m 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.