Sun Times

Sun Times gives 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.

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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, first and last light, golden hour and the total day length. Everything is computed in your browser, so it works offline and updates for the current date automatically. Sunrise moves by a minute or two a day at mid-latitudes and shifts fastest around the equinoxes, so today's time is not next week's.
How accurate are these sunrise and sunset times?
The times are computed with standard astronomy formulas (the same maths as the open-source SunCalc library) and are typically accurate to within about a minute for most locations. They account for the standard atmospheric refraction used for the official sunrise/sunset definition (the sun's upper edge at the horizon). Local terrain such as mountains or tall buildings can shift the moment you actually see the sun, which no formula can know. Our note on how we compute sunrise and sunset shows the steps.
What is golden hour?
Golden hour is the period shortly after sunrise and shortly before sunset when the sun is low (roughly below 6 degrees above the horizon) and light is soft, warm and directional — prized by photographers. This tool shows the morning golden hour (until a time after sunrise) and the evening golden hour (from a time before sunset) for your location. Its length depends on latitude and season: near the equator it can be barely half an hour, while at high latitudes in summer it can stretch for hours. See planning golden-hour photography for how to use it.
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 everywhere 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, because the sun reaches its furthest point north or south. This tool lists the exact date and time of all four for the current year. Our guide covers the difference in depth, while the maths behind solstice and equinox dates explains why they drift from one year to the next.
Why does the sun never rise or set at my location?
Near the poles, in summer the sun can stay above the horizon for 24 hours (midnight sun) and in winter it can stay below it all day (polar night). When that happens the tool shows a short note instead of a sunrise/sunset time, because there genuinely isn't one on that calendar day. This starts above roughly 66.5 degrees latitude — the Arctic and Antarctic circles — and lasts longer the closer you get to the pole.
Do you store my location?
No — the Sun Times tool does not store your location. 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.

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