Golden Hour Landscape Photography: 12 Practical Tips
Warm, low light can turn an ordinary hillside into a photograph worth printing. These are the habits that get you in position and help you…
Today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at PDT in Calipatria, California, giving 11 hours, 3 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 53 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Los_Angeles (UTC−7)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 25 | 11h 03m | −1m 53s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 11h 01m | −1m 52s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 10h 59m | −1m 51s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 10h 57m | −1m 50s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 10h 55m | −1m 50s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 10h 54m | −1m 49s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 10h 52m | −1m 48s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | March 20, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice longest day | June 21, 2026 | |
| September equinox | September 22, 2026 | |
| December solstice shortest day | December 21, 2026 | |
| Clocks go forward | March 8, 2026 | PDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | PST |
100% illuminated · 14.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Sunday, October 25, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Calipatria.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Calipatria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brawley | 10 mi S | same minute | ||
| Imperial | 19 mi S | same minute | ||
| Holtville | 23 mi SSE | 55 seconds earlier | ||
| El Centro | 23 mi S | same minute | ||
| Calexico | 31 mi S | 36 seconds earlier | ||
| Oasis | 41 mi NW | 2 minutes 45 seconds later | ||
| Mecca | 45 mi NW | 2 minutes 48 seconds later | ||
| Coachella | 54 mi NW | 3 minutes 19 seconds later | ||
| Indio | 58 mi NW | 3 minutes 32 seconds later | ||
| Yuma AZ | 59 mi ESE | other time zone |
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the sun meets a flat, sea-level horizon, with standard atmospheric refraction (the sun's centre 0.833° below the horizon). Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight begin when the sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below. Golden hour is the sun between 6° above and 4° below.
Sunrise in Calipatria, California today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 6:55 AM PDT, and sunset is at 5:57 PM.
Calipatria gets 11 hours, 3 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 53 seconds shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Calipatria runs from 5:23 PM to 6:13 PM PDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Calipatria is June 20, 2026, with 14 hours, 21 minutes of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 9 hours, 58 minutes.
Calipatria uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
Warm, low light can turn an ordinary hillside into a photograph worth printing. These are the habits that get you in position and help you…
The giant moon behind a lighthouse is not luck. It is a date, a direction, a distance, and a few minutes of light, all worked out before…
Sunrise shoots reward people who plan. This checklist covers the night before, the drive out and the first light, so you are set up when…