Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Chinatown, CA. Select a date to view the calculated light times.
The month-by-month table below is in this city's own local time. The live times above follow your device's timezone. Mountains, ridgelines and buildings can shorten the usable window — scout your horizon.
Terrain, buildings and weather can affect visible light. Check the horizon and conditions at the selected location.
Golden hour in Chinatown is the hour before sunset — and sunset here runs from 4:50 PM in December to 8:35 PM in June. The table below gives the exact window for every month, in Chinatown's own time zone.
Use the live times above for today's exact window. As a rule, evening golden hour in Chinatown starts about 39 minutes before sunset and ends at sunset. In June that is 7:54 PM – 8:33 PM; in December it is 4:10 PM – 4:51 PM.
Sunset in Chinatown is earliest at 4:50 PM on December 1 and latest at 8:35 PM on June 21, a swing of about 4 hours across the year.
Golden hour lasts about 39 minutes in midsummer and 41 minutes in midwinter. The longest evening golden hour falls in December at about 41 minutes; the shortest is in March at about 35 minutes.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:23 AM | 5:14 PM | 4:35 PM – 5:14 PM | 39 min | 9h 51m |
| February | 6:59 AM | 5:48 PM | 5:12 PM – 5:48 PM | 36 min | 10h 50m |
| March | 7:20 AM | 7:17 PM | 6:42 PM – 7:17 PM | 35 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:34 AM | 7:45 PM | 7:10 PM – 7:45 PM | 35 min | 13h 11m |
| May | 5:59 AM | 8:12 PM | 7:35 PM – 8:12 PM | 37 min | 14h 13m |
| June | 5:47 AM | 8:33 PM | 7:54 PM – 8:33 PM | 39 min | 14h 46m |
| July | 5:59 AM | 8:31 PM | 7:52 PM – 8:31 PM | 39 min | 14h 31m |
| August | 6:25 AM | 8:02 PM | 7:26 PM – 8:02 PM | 36 min | 13h 37m |
| September | 6:51 AM | 7:17 PM | 6:42 PM – 7:17 PM | 35 min | 12h 26m |
| October | 7:18 AM | 6:31 PM | 5:56 PM – 6:31 PM | 35 min | 11h 14m |
| November | 6:50 AM | 4:58 PM | 4:19 PM – 4:58 PM | 39 min | 10h 08m |
| December | 7:17 AM | 4:51 PM | 4:10 PM – 4:51 PM | 41 min | 9h 34m |
Golden hour is the period near sunrise and sunset when the sun is low. Blue hour occurs before sunrise and after sunset. Calculated times vary with location and date; weather, terrain and buildings can affect visible light.
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