Golden hour in Kathmandu, Nepal today

Evening golden hour in Kathmandu, Nepal runs 17:09 – 17:54 today, Saturday 10 October — that is 45m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 17:09 – 17:54
Duration: 45m
Sunset: 17:40
Blue hour: 17:54 – 18:03
Sunset direction: 263° (W)

16h 53m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 05:46 – 06:32
Duration: 45m
Sunrise: 06:00
Blue hour: 05:37 – 05:46
Sunrise direction: 97° (E)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Kathmandu.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Sat 10 Oct	17:09	17:54	45m	17:54 – 18:03	17:40	263° W
Sun 11 Oct	17:07	17:53	45m	17:53 – 18:02	17:39	262° W
Mon 12 Oct	17:06	17:52	45m	17:52 – 18:01	17:38	262° W
Tue 13 Oct	17:05	17:51	45m	17:51 – 18:00	17:37	262° W
Wed 14 Oct	17:04	17:50	45m	17:50 – 17:59	17:36	261° W
Thu 15 Oct	17:03	17:49	45m	17:49 – 17:58	17:35	261° W
Fri 16 Oct	17:02	17:48	45m	17:48 – 17:57	17:34	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	17:19	18:04	45m	17:50
Fri 2	17:18	18:03	45m	17:49
Sat 3	17:17	18:02	45m	17:48
Sun 4	17:15	18:01	45m	17:46
Mon 5	17:14	18:00	45m	17:45
Tue 6	17:13	17:59	45m	17:44
Wed 7	17:12	17:57	45m	17:43
Thu 8	17:11	17:56	45m	17:42
Fri 9	17:10	17:55	45m	17:41
Sat 10	17:09	17:54	45m	17:40
Sun 11	17:07	17:53	45m	17:39
Mon 12	17:06	17:52	45m	17:38
Tue 13	17:05	17:51	45m	17:37
Wed 14	17:04	17:50	45m	17:36
Thu 15	17:03	17:49	45m	17:35
Fri 16	17:02	17:48	45m	17:34
Sat 17	17:01	17:47	46m	17:33
Sun 18	17:00	17:46	46m	17:32
Mon 19	16:59	17:45	46m	17:31
Tue 20	16:58	17:44	46m	17:30
Wed 21	16:57	17:43	46m	17:29
Thu 22	16:56	17:42	46m	17:28
Fri 23	16:55	17:41	46m	17:27
Sat 24	16:54	17:41	46m	17:26
Sun 25	16:53	17:40	46m	17:25
Mon 26	16:52	17:39	46m	17:24
Tue 27	16:51	17:38	46m	17:23
Wed 28	16:50	17:37	46m	17:23
Thu 29	16:50	17:36	46m	17:22
Fri 30	16:49	17:36	47m	17:21
Sat 31	16:48	17:35	47m	17:20

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 Kathmandu

Through October the evening window averages about 46 minutes a day here.

The window barely changes across the year — every month sits within a few minutes of 51 minutes. Close to the equator the sun drops almost vertically, so the golden band is crossed at much the same speed whatever the season.

A month from now the evening window will be about 2 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 16:41.

Compared with a temperate city, the window is short. London gets about 66 minutes this evening against 46 here — the sun meets the horizon almost vertically at 27.7°, so it crosses the golden band quickly and the light goes from warm to gone with little warning.

The light comes from west tonight, at 263° 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 45m 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 Kathmandu Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.