Golden hour in Shenyang, China today

Evening golden hour in Shenyang, China runs 17:00 – 17:54 today, Saturday 26 September — that is 53m of usable low light before blue hour takes over.

This evening

Golden hour: 17:00 – 17:54
Duration: 53m
Sunset: 17:37
Blue hour: 17:54 – 18:05
Sunset direction: 269° (W)

17h 35m until sunset

This morning

Golden hour: 05:20 – 06:14
Duration: 53m
Sunrise: 05:37
Blue hour: 05:09 – 05:20
Sunrise direction: 91° (E)

The next seven days

Evening golden hour, blue hour and sunset for the coming week in Shenyang.
Date	Golden hour starts	Golden hour ends	Duration	Blue hour	Sunset	Sunset direction
Sat 26 Sep	17:00	17:54	53m	17:54 – 18:05	17:37	269° W
Sun 27 Sep	16:58	17:52	53m	17:52 – 18:03	17:35	268° W
Mon 28 Sep	16:57	17:50	53m	17:50 – 18:01	17:34	268° W
Tue 29 Sep	16:55	17:49	53m	17:49 – 17:59	17:32	267° W
Wed 30 Sep	16:53	17:47	53m	17:47 – 17:58	17:30	267° W
Thu 1 Oct	16:51	17:45	53m	17:45 – 17:56	17:28	266° W
Fri 2 Oct	16:50	17:44	53m	17:44 – 17:54	17:27	266° W

Golden hour in September 2026

Evening golden hour start, end and duration for every day of September 2026.
Date	Starts	Ends	Duration	Sunset
Tue 1	17:43	18:37	54m	18:20
Wed 2	17:41	18:36	54m	18:18
Thu 3	17:40	18:34	54m	18:17
Fri 4	17:38	18:32	54m	18:15
Sat 5	17:36	18:31	54m	18:13
Sun 6	17:35	18:29	54m	18:12
Mon 7	17:33	18:27	54m	18:10
Tue 8	17:31	18:25	54m	18:08
Wed 9	17:30	18:24	53m	18:07
Thu 10	17:28	18:22	53m	18:05
Fri 11	17:26	18:20	53m	18:03
Sat 12	17:25	18:18	53m	18:01
Sun 13	17:23	18:17	53m	18:00
Mon 14	17:21	18:15	53m	17:58
Tue 15	17:19	18:13	53m	17:56
Wed 16	17:18	18:11	53m	17:54
Thu 17	17:16	18:10	53m	17:53
Fri 18	17:14	18:08	53m	17:51
Sat 19	17:13	18:06	53m	17:49
Sun 20	17:11	18:04	53m	17:47
Mon 21	17:09	18:03	53m	17:46
Tue 22	17:07	18:01	53m	17:44
Wed 23	17:06	17:59	53m	17:42
Thu 24	17:04	17:57	53m	17:40
Fri 25	17:02	17:56	53m	17:39
Sat 26	17:00	17:54	53m	17:37
Sun 27	16:58	17:52	53m	17:35
Mon 28	16:57	17:50	53m	17:34
Tue 29	16:55	17:49	53m	17:32
Wed 30	16:53	17:47	53m	17:30

How much golden light each month gives you

Total evening golden-hour minutes available in each month. December is the strongest, at about 33 hours across the month; the year ranges by 16%.

What the numbers mean for Shenyang

Through September the evening window averages about 54 minutes a day here.

December is the most generous month at roughly 64 minutes an evening, and March the tightest at about 54 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 3 minutes longer than tonight, and it will start at 16:10.

The light comes from west tonight, at 269° 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 53m 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 Shenyang Twilight, solar noon, moon phases, the monthly calendar and the year in one chart.