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Rule Golden Hour

Alleppey - Golden Hour - Kerala

Alappuzha, Kerala, India

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Golden Hour · Any Golden Hour Potential · ≥ 80.0% Precipitation Chance · ≤ 5.0% Visibility · ≥ 1000.0m

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Precipitation Chance 100% failing
Golden Hour Potential 97% failing
Golden Hour 83% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Low Cloud Cover5%
Mid Cloud Cover100%
High Cloud Cover100%
Sun Elevation18.9° (Daylight)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Asia/Kolkata

No opportunities in the next 10 days

See the blocker timeline below to understand which conditions are preventing matches.

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast identifies optimal golden hour conditions for Kerala's diverse tropical landscapes—from Western Ghats tea plantations to palm-lined backwaters and Arabian Sea coastline. We track cloud cover, visibility, and atmospheric conditions to predict when warm directional light enhances the region's lush green hills, waterways, and historic coastal features.

Kerala's location on India's southwestern Malabar coast creates stunning sunrise and sunset opportunities. The Western Ghats mountain range running parallel to the coast provides dramatic highland golden hour scenes at Munnar and Wayanad, while the lowland backwaters and beaches offer classic tropical coastal light.

What makes Kerala golden-hour photography distinctive:

  • Tea plantation light - Munnar's rolling green tea estates glow emerald under low-angle sunrise, with mist often adding atmospheric layers
  • Backwater sunrise - Palm-fringed canals at Alleppey and Kumarakom reflect golden light, with traditional houseboats providing compositional elements
  • Coastal drama - Varkala's red laterite cliffs catch sunset light, while Kochi's Chinese fishing nets become silhouettes against Arabian Sea twilight
  • Highland mist - Western Ghats locations like Vagamon and Wayanad combine golden light with morning fog for magical conditions

Munnar's tea plantations at sunrise offer Kerala's most iconic golden hour photography—arrive at viewpoints overlooking rolling hills as dawn light transforms green tea bushes into glowing emerald waves, often with mist adding depth. Kochi's Chinese fishing nets along Fort Kochi waterfront become classic sunset silhouettes against orange skies. Varkala's dramatic cliffs receive gorgeous sunset light, with red laterite rock glowing warm while waves crash below. Alleppey's backwater canals reflect golden sunrise light perfectly on still mornings, with traditional houseboats and coconut palms creating quintessential Kerala scenes. Kumarakom on Vembanad Lake offers expansive water reflections during golden hour. The dry season (November-March) offers clearest golden hour conditions.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Asia/Kolkata
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 80.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 1000.0m
Sun, Jun 7
07:3022%100%13223m
08:3022%100%7717m
09:3020%100%15958m
10:3015%100%24135m
11:3020%100%21452m
12:3023%100%20503m
13:3027%100%7945m
14:3031%100%13087m
15:3028%100%6926m
16:3026%100%6175m
17:3053%100%5524m
18:3056%100%5503m
19:3028%100%14668m
20:3022%100%11296m
21:3018%100%9883m
22:3015%100%6460m
23:3020%100%16889m
Mon, Jun 8
24:3019%100%6508m
01:3024%100%4870m
02:3019%100%4902m
03:3016%100%5499m
04:3019%100%8186m
05:3037%100%4827m
06:3039%100%11818m
07:3025%100%24135m
08:3028%100%21360m
09:3026%100%21511m
10:3029%100%16664m
11:3028%100%9655m
12:3024%100%12417m
13:3028%100%8522m
14:3029%100%20428m
15:3025%100%12578m
16:3025%100%8152m
17:3044%100%14857m
18:3050%100%7165m
19:3025%100%6152m
20:3025%100%8978m
21:3027%100%6387m
22:3028%100%6131m
23:3025%100%6142m
Tue, Jun 9
24:3024%100%6278m
01:3025%100%10131m
02:3025%100%12912m
03:3024%100%15718m
04:3021%100%15818m
05:3042%100%11617m
06:3044%100%15558m
07:3024%100%24135m
08:3027%100%24135m
09:3026%100%24135m
10:3029%100%24135m
11:3028%100%21472m
12:3030%100%8442m
13:3031%100%20232m
14:3032%100%8488m
15:3032%100%13368m
16:3030%100%13213m
17:3043%100%5259m
18:3054%100%15362m
19:3031%99%24134m
20:3032%99%24135m
21:3032%99%23412m
22:3031%99%20606m
23:3031%99%24134m
Wed, Jun 10
24:3037%96%15682m
01:3038%93%24134m
02:3038%90%20806m
03:3035%93%17443m
04:3036%96%9232m
05:3088%99%9243m
06:3078%99%24135m
07:3034%99%24134m
08:3035%98%24135m
09:3039%99%24134m
10:3036%99%24135m
11:3034%99%24135m
12:3034%98%24134m
13:3032%97%24135m
14:3031%96%15342m
15:3031%97%24134m
16:3031%98%7130m
17:3062%99%16912m
18:3053%94%18736m
19:308.8%90%20560m
20:309.2%85%22384m
21:3010%86%22968m
22:3012%87%23551m
23:3012%88%24135m
Thu, Jun 11
24:3011%83%24135m
01:3011%78%24135m
02:3011%73%24135m
03:3012%78%19350m
04:3014%84%14566m
05:30100%89%9781m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Golden Hour Potential mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
Asia/Kolkata
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Mon, Jun 8 Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:43
07:30
- 100% 5% 100% 83% 100% 6.7m/s
08:30
- 100% 5% 100% 81% 100% 6.4m/s
09:30
- 100% 5% 100% 80% 100% 7.1m/s
10:30
- 100% 5% 100% 81% 100% 6.8m/s
11:30
- 100% 4% 100% 83% 100% 7.3m/s
12:30
- 100% 3% 100% 84% 100% 7.8m/s
13:30
- 100% 0% 100% 85% 100% 7.9m/s
14:30
- 100% 7% 100% 83% 100% 8.1m/s
15:30
- 100% 12% 81% 82% 100% 8.1m/s
16:30
- 100% 28% 71% 82% 100% 8.2m/s
17:30
- 100% 25% 56% 82% 100% 8.2m/s
18:30
- 100% 14% 5% 83% 100% 8.4m/s
19:30
- 100% 4% 16% 83% 100% 8.5m/s
20:30
- 100% 0% 90% 84% 100% 9.2m/s
21:30
- 100% 0% 91% 84% 100% 9.4m/s
22:30
- 100% 0% 64% 84% 100% 9.3m/s
23:30
- 100% 0% 77% 85% 100% 9.7m/s
Tue, Jun 9 Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:43
24:30
- 100% 0% 87% 85% 100% 9.6m/s
01:30
- 100% 0% 100% 84% 100% 9.8m/s
02:30
- 100% 8% 100% 84% 100% 9.9m/s
03:30
- 100% 22% 100% 83% 100% 10m/s
04:30
- 100% 9% 100% 83% 100% 9.9m/s
05:30
- 99% 5% 100% 83% 100% 9.9m/s
06:30
- 99% 5% 100% 83% 100% 9.4m/s
07:30
- 100% 5% 100% 80% 100% 8.7m/s
08:30
- 89% 5% 98% 79% 99% 8.3m/s
09:30
- 100% 1% 98% 78% 100% 8m/s
10:30
- 100% 0% 100% 78% 100% 7.9m/s
11:30
- 100% 0% 100% 78% 100% 7.5m/s
12:30
- 100% 0% 100% 80% 100% 7.3m/s
13:30
- 94% 4% 100% 80% 100% 6.9m/s
14:30
- 43% 4% 100% 80% 100% 7.1m/s
15:30
- 42% 0% 92% 79% 92% 7.2m/s
16:30
- 100% 0% 93% 81% 100% 7.6m/s
17:30
- 100% 0% 98% 81% 100% 7.5m/s
18:30
- 100% 0% 97% 80% 100% 8.1m/s
19:30
- 98% 1% 44% 79% 98% 7.7m/s
20:30
- 100% 0% 13% 78% 100% 7.3m/s
21:30
- 100% 0% 56% 78% 100% 6.8m/s
22:30
- 100% 0% 100% 78% 100% 7.4m/s
23:30
- 87% 0% 58% 78% 87% 7.3m/s
Wed, Jun 10 Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:43
24:30
- 21% 0% 30% 78% 38% 7m/s
01:30
- 7% 0% 30% 77% 30% 6.8m/s
02:30
- 4% 0% 31% 77% 31% 6.5m/s
03:30
- 4% 0% 23% 78% 23% 6.3m/s
04:30
- 5% 0% 6% 80% 6% 5.9m/s
05:30
- 4% 0% 44% 80% 44% 6.1m/s
06:30
- 5% 1% 63% 76% 63% 5.5m/s
07:30
- 5% 0% 57% 77% 57% 5.3m/s
08:30
- 9% 0% 62% 78% 62% 5.4m/s
09:30
- 13% 0% 10% 79% 18% 5.1m/s
10:30
- 9% 0% 5% 77% 9% 5.5m/s
11:30
- 5% 0% 5% 77% 5% 5.9m/s
12:30
- 46% 0% 5% 77% 46% 5.9m/s
13:30
- 100% 0% 41% 78% 100% 6.5m/s
14:30
- 100% 0% 86% 78% 100% 6.7m/s
15:30
- 100% 0% 100% 78% 100% 6m/s
16:30
- 66% 0% 82% 80% 82% 5.3m/s
17:30
- 29% 0% 100% 82% 100% 5.6m/s
18:30
- 30% 0% 97% 86% 97% 4m/s
19:30
- 31% 0% 94% 90% 94% 2.4m/s
20:30
- 32% 0% 91% 94% 91% 0.83m/s
21:30
- 34% 0% 81% 94% 82% 0.87m/s
22:30
- 35% 0% 71% 95% 73% 0.91m/s
23:30
- 37% 0% 61% 95% 64% 0.96m/s
Thu, Jun 11 Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 18:43
24:30
- 57% 0% 42% 91% 76% 0.92m/s
01:30
- 78% 0% 24% 88% 87% 0.88m/s
02:30
- 98% 0% 5% 84% 98% 0.84m/s
03:30
- 77% 4% 5% 78% 77% 0.88m/s
04:30
- 56% 7% 5% 72% 56% 0.92m/s
05:30
- 35% 11% 5% 65% 35% 0.97m/s
06:30
- 25% 12% 12% 64% 32% 1.7m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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