Sun Times

Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, golden hour and day length for any location — plus this year's solstices and equinoxes. Computed in your browser, no API.

Sun times for your location

Search for a city or use your location to see today's sunrise, sunset, golden hour and day length.

100% free, no sign-up Sun times computed in your browser Works offline, no API

Solstices & Equinoxes

The exact date and time of the four turning points of the year, in your local time. Names cover both hemispheres.

How It Works

Pick a place once — everything updates for that location.

1

Choose a location

Type a city and pick it from the list, or tap "Use my location" to let your browser provide coordinates. We only convert a place name to latitude and longitude — the rest is local maths.

2

Read your sun times

See sunrise, sunset, solar noon, first and last light, morning and evening golden hour, and the total length of the day for today, in the location's local time.

3

Look ahead to the seasons

Check the dates of this year's solstices and equinoxes. New here? Read how to use this tool, open the Moon Phase tool, or read solstice vs equinox explained.

Frequently Asked Questions

What time is sunrise today?
Search for your city or tap "Use my location" and the tool shows today's sunrise time for that exact place, in its local timezone — along with sunset, solar noon, golden hour and the day length. It is computed in your browser, works offline, and updates for the current date automatically.
How accurate are these sunrise and sunset times?
They are computed with standard astronomy formulas (the maths behind the open-source SunCalc library) and are typically accurate to within about a minute. They use the standard atmospheric refraction for the official sunrise/sunset definition (the sun's upper edge at the horizon). Local terrain such as mountains or buildings can shift when you actually see the sun, which no formula can know — more in how we compute sunrise & sunset.
What is golden hour?
Golden hour is the spell after sunrise and before sunset when the sun is low and the light is soft, warm and directional — a favourite of photographers. The tool shows the morning golden hour (until a time after sunrise) and the evening golden hour (from a time before sunset) for your location. See planning golden-hour photography.
What is the difference between a solstice and an equinox?
An equinox (around 20 March and 22 September) is when day and night are nearly equal because the sun is over the equator. A solstice (around 21 June and 21 December) is when one hemisphere has its longest day and the other its shortest. The tool lists all four for the current year — and our guide covers the difference in depth.
Why does the sun never rise or set at my location?
Near the poles, summer brings the midnight sun (the sun stays up for 24 hours) and winter brings polar night (it stays down all day). When that happens the tool shows a short note instead of a time, because there genuinely isn't a sunrise or sunset on that calendar day.
Do you store my location?
No. City search uses the free Open-Meteo geocoding service only to turn a place name into coordinates, and all sun-time maths runs in your browser. Your chosen location is remembered locally on your own device for convenience and is never sent to LK Forge or used for tracking.