Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Thimphu, Bhutan

In Thimphu, Bhutan the sun sets today, Wednesday 26 August, at 18:28 and rises at 05:37. Daylight lasts 12h 51m; evening golden hour runs from 17:57 to 18:43.

Today, Wednesday 26 August

First light
05:13
Sunrise
05:37
Solar noon
12:03
Sunset
18:28
Last light
18:52
Day length
12h 51m

18h 7m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:57 – 18:43
Blue hour
18:43 – 18:52
Max sun altitude
72.9°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:23 / 03:34

The sun sets at 282° — face west-northwest

Tomorrow, Thursday 27 August

Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:27 Golden hour 17:56 – 18:42 Day length 12h 49m vs today 2 minutes shorter

Where Thimphu is

Coordinates
27.4661° N, 89.6419° E
Time zone
Asia/Thimphu
Current offset
UTC+06:00
Elevation
2,320 m
Population
98,676

Sunrise and sunset in Thimphu, August 2026

August 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sat 1 04:59 05:24 12:07 18:50 19:15 13h 25m −1:11 18:17–19:05 🌖 94%
Sun 2 05:00 05:25 12:07 18:49 19:14 13h 24m −1:12 18:17–19:05 🌖 87%
Mon 3 05:00 05:25 12:07 18:49 19:14 13h 23m −1:13 18:16–19:04 🌖 79%
Tue 4 05:01 05:26 12:07 18:48 19:13 13h 22m −1:14 18:16–19:03 🌖 70%
Wed 5 05:01 05:26 12:07 18:47 19:12 13h 20m −1:15 18:15–19:02 🌖 59%
Thu 6 05:02 05:27 12:07 18:47 19:11 13h 19m −1:16 18:14–19:02 🌗 47%
Fri 7 05:03 05:27 12:07 18:46 19:11 13h 18m −1:17 18:14–19:01 🌘 36%
Sat 8 05:03 05:28 12:07 18:45 19:10 13h 17m −1:18 18:13–19:00 🌘 25%
Sun 9 05:04 05:28 12:07 18:44 19:09 13h 15m −1:19 18:12–18:59 🌘 16%
Mon 10 05:04 05:29 12:06 18:43 19:08 13h 14m −1:20 18:11–18:58 🌘 8%
Tue 11 05:05 05:30 12:06 18:43 19:07 13h 13m −1:21 18:11–18:58 🌘 3%
Wed 12 05:05 05:30 12:06 18:42 19:06 13h 11m −1:22 18:10–18:57 🌑 0%
Thu 13 05:06 05:31 12:06 18:41 19:05 13h 10m −1:22 18:09–18:56 🌒 0%
Fri 14 05:06 05:31 12:06 18:40 19:04 13h 8m −1:23 18:08–18:55 🌒 3%
Sat 15 05:07 05:32 12:05 18:39 19:03 13h 7m −1:24 18:07–18:54 🌒 8%
Sun 16 05:08 05:32 12:05 18:38 19:03 13h 6m −1:25 18:06–18:53 🌒 15%
Mon 17 05:08 05:33 12:05 18:37 19:02 13h 4m −1:25 18:06–18:52 🌒 23%
Tue 18 05:09 05:33 12:05 18:36 19:01 13h 3m −1:26 18:05–18:51 🌒 32%
Wed 19 05:09 05:34 12:05 18:35 19:00 13h 1m −1:27 18:04–18:50 🌒 42%
Thu 20 05:10 05:34 12:04 18:34 18:59 13h 0m −1:27 18:03–18:49 🌓 51%
Fri 21 05:10 05:35 12:04 18:33 18:58 12h 58m −1:28 18:02–18:48 🌔 61%
Sat 22 05:11 05:35 12:04 18:32 18:57 12h 57m −1:28 18:01–18:47 🌔 69%
Sun 23 05:11 05:35 12:04 18:31 18:55 12h 55m −1:29 18:00–18:46 🌔 78%
Mon 24 05:12 05:36 12:03 18:30 18:54 12h 54m −1:30 17:59–18:45 🌔 85%
Tue 25 05:12 05:36 12:03 18:29 18:53 12h 52m −1:30 17:58–18:44 🌔 91%
Wed 26 05:13 05:37 12:03 18:28 18:52 12h 51m −1:31 17:57–18:43 🌔 96%
Thu 27 05:13 05:37 12:03 18:27 18:51 12h 49m −1:31 17:56–18:42 🌔 99%
Fri 28 05:14 05:38 12:02 18:26 18:50 12h 48m −1:31 17:55–18:41 🌕 100%
Sat 29 05:14 05:38 12:02 18:25 18:49 12h 46m −1:32 17:54–18:40 🌖 99%
Sun 30 05:15 05:39 12:02 18:24 18:48 12h 45m −1:32 17:53–18:39 🌖 96%
Mon 31 05:15 05:39 12:01 18:23 18:47 12h 43m −1:33 17:52–18:38 🌖 90%
More columns for August 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
August 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Sat 1 03:58 04:29 05:24 18:50 19:45 20:16 10h 34m 80.5° 291° WNW
Sun 2 03:58 04:30 05:25 18:49 19:44 20:16 10h 35m 80.3° 290° WNW
Mon 3 03:59 04:30 05:25 18:49 19:44 20:15 10h 37m 80.0° 290° WNW
Tue 4 04:00 04:31 05:26 18:48 19:43 20:14 10h 38m 79.8° 290° WNW
Wed 5 04:01 04:32 05:26 18:47 19:42 20:13 10h 39m 79.5° 290° WNW
Thu 6 04:01 04:32 05:27 18:47 19:41 20:12 10h 40m 79.2° 289° WNW
Fri 7 04:02 04:33 05:27 18:46 19:40 20:11 10h 42m 78.9° 289° WNW
Sat 8 04:03 04:34 05:28 18:45 19:39 20:10 10h 43m 78.7° 289° WNW
Sun 9 04:04 04:34 05:28 18:44 19:38 20:09 10h 44m 78.4° 288° WNW
Mon 10 04:04 04:35 05:29 18:43 19:37 20:08 10h 46m 78.1° 288° WNW
Tue 11 04:05 04:35 05:30 18:43 19:36 20:07 10h 47m 77.8° 288° WNW
Wed 12 04:06 04:36 05:30 18:42 19:35 20:06 10h 48m 77.5° 287° WNW
Thu 13 04:07 04:37 05:31 18:41 19:34 20:04 10h 50m 77.2° 287° WNW
Fri 14 04:07 04:37 05:31 18:40 19:33 20:03 10h 51m 76.9° 287° WNW
Sat 15 04:08 04:38 05:32 18:39 19:32 20:02 10h 52m 76.6° 286° WNW
Sun 16 04:09 04:39 05:32 18:38 19:31 20:01 10h 54m 76.2° 286° WNW
Mon 17 04:10 04:39 05:33 18:37 19:30 20:00 10h 55m 75.9° 285° WNW
Tue 18 04:10 04:40 05:33 18:36 19:29 19:59 10h 57m 75.6° 285° WNW
Wed 19 04:11 04:40 05:34 18:35 19:28 19:58 10h 58m 75.3° 285° WNW
Thu 20 04:12 04:41 05:34 18:34 19:27 19:57 11h 0m 75.0° 284° WNW
Fri 21 04:12 04:42 05:35 18:33 19:26 19:55 11h 1m 74.6° 284° WNW
Sat 22 04:13 04:42 05:35 18:32 19:25 19:54 11h 3m 74.3° 284° WNW
Sun 23 04:14 04:43 05:35 18:31 19:24 19:53 11h 4m 74.0° 283° WNW
Mon 24 04:14 04:43 05:36 18:30 19:23 19:52 11h 6m 73.6° 283° WNW
Tue 25 04:15 04:44 05:36 18:29 19:22 19:51 11h 7m 73.3° 282° WNW
Wed 26 04:16 04:45 05:37 18:28 19:21 19:49 11h 9m 72.9° 282° WNW
Thu 27 04:16 04:45 05:37 18:27 19:19 19:48 11h 10m 72.6° 282° WNW
Fri 28 04:17 04:46 05:38 18:26 19:18 19:47 11h 12m 72.2° 281° WNW
Sat 29 04:18 04:46 05:38 18:25 19:17 19:46 11h 13m 71.9° 281° W
Sun 30 04:18 04:47 05:39 18:24 19:16 19:44 11h 15m 71.5° 280° W
Mon 31 04:19 04:47 05:39 18:23 19:15 19:43 11h 16m 71.2° 280° W

September 2026

September 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 05:16 05:40 12:01 18:22 18:46 12h 42m −1:33 17:51–18:36 🌖 83%
Wed 2 05:16 05:40 12:01 18:21 18:45 12h 40m −1:33 17:50–18:35 🌖 73%
Thu 3 05:17 05:41 12:00 18:20 18:43 12h 39m −1:34 17:49–18:34 🌖 63%
Fri 4 05:17 05:41 12:00 18:19 18:42 12h 37m −1:34 17:48–18:33 🌗 51%
Sat 5 05:18 05:42 12:00 18:18 18:41 12h 35m −1:34 17:47–18:32 🌘 39%
Sun 6 05:18 05:42 11:59 18:16 18:40 12h 34m −1:35 17:45–18:31 🌘 28%
Mon 7 05:19 05:42 11:59 18:15 18:39 12h 32m −1:35 17:44–18:30 🌘 18%
Tue 8 05:19 05:43 11:59 18:14 18:38 12h 31m −1:35 17:43–18:29 🌘 10%
Wed 9 05:20 05:43 11:58 18:13 18:36 12h 29m −1:35 17:42–18:27 🌘 4%
Thu 10 05:20 05:44 11:58 18:12 18:35 12h 28m −1:36 17:41–18:26 🌘 1%
Fri 11 05:21 05:44 11:58 18:11 18:34 12h 26m −1:36 17:40–18:25 🌑 0%
Sat 12 05:21 05:45 11:57 18:10 18:33 12h 24m −1:36 17:39–18:24 🌒 2%
Sun 13 05:22 05:45 11:57 18:08 18:32 12h 23m −1:36 17:38–18:23 🌒 6%
Mon 14 05:22 05:46 11:57 18:07 18:31 12h 21m −1:36 17:36–18:22 🌒 11%
Tue 15 05:23 05:46 11:56 18:06 18:29 12h 20m −1:36 17:35–18:20 🌒 18%
Wed 16 05:23 05:46 11:56 18:05 18:28 12h 18m −1:37 17:34–18:19 🌒 26%
Thu 17 05:24 05:47 11:56 18:04 18:27 12h 16m −1:37 17:33–18:18 🌒 35%
Fri 18 05:24 05:47 11:55 18:03 18:26 12h 15m −1:37 17:32–18:17 🌒 44%
Sat 19 05:24 05:48 11:55 18:01 18:25 12h 13m −1:37 17:31–18:16 🌓 54%
Sun 20 05:25 05:48 11:54 18:00 18:24 12h 11m −1:37 17:29–18:15 🌔 63%
Mon 21 05:25 05:49 11:54 17:59 18:22 12h 10m −1:37 17:28–18:13 🌔 72%
Tue 22 05:26 05:49 11:54 17:58 18:21 12h 8m −1:37 17:27–18:12 🌔 80%
Wed 23 05:26 05:50 11:53 17:57 18:20 12h 7m −1:37 17:26–18:11 🌔 87%
Thu 24 05:27 05:50 11:53 17:56 18:19 12h 5m −1:37 17:25–18:10 🌔 93%
Fri 25 05:27 05:51 11:53 17:54 18:18 12h 3m −1:37 17:24–18:09 🌔 97%
Sat 26 05:28 05:51 11:52 17:53 18:17 12h 2m −1:37 17:22–18:08 🌔 100%
Sun 27 05:28 05:52 11:52 17:52 18:15 12h 0m −1:37 17:21–18:06 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:29 05:52 11:52 17:51 18:14 11h 59m −1:37 17:20–18:05 🌖 97%
Tue 29 05:29 05:52 11:51 17:50 18:13 11h 57m −1:37 17:19–18:04 🌖 93%
Wed 30 05:30 05:53 11:51 17:49 18:12 11h 55m −1:37 17:18–18:03 🌖 86%

Longest and shortest day in Thimphu

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 13h 52m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 4 months, with 10h 24m.

Between them the day length swings by 3h 28m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:06 on 1 December; the latest is 19:00 on 2 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:05 on 10 June to 06:53 on 12 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 9m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Thimphu different

It takes roughly 24 minutes to go from sunset to proper darkness, right on the 24-minute median for today.

Photographers get 46 minutes of golden light this evening, roughly 1.1× the 41 minutes available at the equator on the same date.

Between solstices the sunset walks 53° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is WNW.

Across August the sunset moves 27 minutes earlier, averaging about 54 seconds a day.

At 2,320 m the horizon sits 1.67° lower than at sea level, so the sun sets about 7.7 minutes later here than the standard tables suggest — roughly 15.4 minutes of extra daylight across the day.

Planning a sunset photo in Thimphu

Arrive by 17:42. Golden hour opens at 17:57 and the sun is down by 18:28, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west-northwest — the sun goes down at 282° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 18:43 and runs to 18:52, the end of civil twilight and 23m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Thimphu today?

The sun sets in Thimphu at 18:28 today, Wednesday 26 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Thimphu?

It takes 23m. Civil twilight ends at 18:52 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Thimphu?

Evening golden hour runs 17:57 to 18:43 today, lasting 45m.

Sunset times near Thimphu