Golden hour in Astana, Kazakhstan today

Evening golden hour in Astana, Kazakhstan runs 16:47 – 17:53 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 1h 5m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 16:47 – 17:53
Duration: 1h 5m
Sunset: 17:32
Blue hour: 17:53 – 18:05
Sunset direction: 260° (W)

17h 30m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 06:08 – 07:13
Duration: 1h 5m
Sunrise: 06:28
Blue hour: 05:55 – 06:08
Sunrise direction: 99° (E)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Astana.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Sat 10 Oct	16:47	17:53	1h 5m	17:53 – 18:05	17:32	260° W
Sun 11 Oct	16:45	17:50	1h 5m	17:50 – 18:03	17:30	260° W
Mon 12 Oct	16:43	17:48	1h 5m	17:48 – 18:01	17:28	259° W
Tue 13 Oct	16:40	17:46	1h 5m	17:46 – 17:59	17:26	258° WSW
Wed 14 Oct	16:38	17:44	1h 6m	17:44 – 17:57	17:24	258° WSW
Thu 15 Oct	16:36	17:42	1h 6m	17:42 – 17:55	17:21	257° WSW
Fri 16 Oct	16:34	17:40	1h 6m	17:40 – 17:53	17:19	257° WSW

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	17:08	18:12	1h 4m	17:52
Fri 2	17:06	18:10	1h 4m	17:50
Sat 3	17:04	18:08	1h 4m	17:48
Sun 4	17:01	18:06	1h 4m	17:46
Mon 5	16:59	18:04	1h 4m	17:43
Tue 6	16:57	18:01	1h 4m	17:41
Wed 7	16:54	17:59	1h 4m	17:39
Thu 8	16:52	17:57	1h 5m	17:37
Fri 9	16:50	17:55	1h 5m	17:34
Sat 10	16:47	17:53	1h 5m	17:32
Sun 11	16:45	17:50	1h 5m	17:30
Mon 12	16:43	17:48	1h 5m	17:28
Tue 13	16:40	17:46	1h 5m	17:26
Wed 14	16:38	17:44	1h 6m	17:24
Thu 15	16:36	17:42	1h 6m	17:21
Fri 16	16:34	17:40	1h 6m	17:19
Sat 17	16:31	17:38	1h 6m	17:17
Sun 18	16:29	17:36	1h 6m	17:15
Mon 19	16:27	17:34	1h 7m	17:13
Tue 20	16:25	17:32	1h 7m	17:11
Wed 21	16:22	17:30	1h 7m	17:09
Thu 22	16:20	17:28	1h 7m	17:07
Fri 23	16:18	17:26	1h 7m	17:05
Sat 24	16:16	17:24	1h 8m	17:03
Sun 25	16:14	17:22	1h 8m	17:01
Mon 26	16:11	17:20	1h 8m	16:59
Tue 27	16:09	17:18	1h 9m	16:57
Wed 28	16:07	17:17	1h 9m	16:55
Thu 29	16:05	17:15	1h 9m	16:53
Fri 30	16:03	17:13	1h 9m	16:52
Sat 31	16:01	17:11	1h 10m	16:50

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. December is the strongest, at about 44 hours across the month; the year ranges by 24%.

What the numbers mean for Astana

Through October the evening window averages about 67 minutes a day here.

December is the most generous month at roughly 84 minutes an evening, and September the tightest at about 64 minutes — a difference of 1.3×. 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 8 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 15:43.

The light comes from west tonight, at 260° 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 1h 5m 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 Astana Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.