Indian Shores, Florida Sunset Time Today
Indian Shores sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing
Indian Shores, FL · Sunset & sunrise today
Sunset today at 8:20 PM · Sunrise 6:54 AM
Sunset is at 8:20 PM — 13h 26m of daylight, −2m shorter than yesterday.
−2m shorter than yesterday
Tomorrow in Indian Shores · Mon, Aug 3
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:55 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 8:19 PM
Sunrise 1 minute later than today · sunset 1 minute earlier than today
In Indian Shores, the sun rises at 6:55 AM tomorrow and sets at 8:19 PM.
Golden hour & blue hour today
Morning
Golden hour6:54 AM – 7:54 AM
Blue hour6:24 AM – 6:54 AM
Evening
Golden hour7:20 PM – 8:20 PM
Blue hour8:20 PM – 8:50 PM
Golden hour is the soft, warm light when the sun sits low — the hour after sunrise and before sunset. Blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. Both windows are rules of thumb; they run longer at high latitudes and shorter near the equator.
Sunrise time in Indian Shores
The sun rises in Indian Shores at 6:54 AM today and at 6:55 AM tomorrow (1 minute later than today).
First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins around 6:24 AM, roughly half an hour ahead of sunrise.
For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light just after the sun clears the horizon — runs from about 6:54 AM to 7:54 AM.
Sunrise & sunset this week
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 6:54 AM | 8:20 PM | 13h 26m |
| Mon, Aug 3 | 6:55 AM | 8:19 PM | 13h 24m |
| Tue, Aug 4 | 6:56 AM | 8:18 PM | 13h 22m |
| Wed, Aug 5 | 6:56 AM | 8:18 PM | 13h 22m |
| Thu, Aug 6 | 6:57 AM | 8:17 PM | 13h 20m |
| Fri, Aug 7 | 6:57 AM | 8:16 PM | 13h 19m |
| Sat, Aug 8 | 6:58 AM | 8:15 PM | 13h 17m |
Indian Shores daylight month by month
Sunrise, sunset, and total daylight for the first of each month in 2026, computed from Indian Shores’s coordinates in local time. The line traces how the day stretches toward summer and contracts toward winter.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:23 AM | 5:48 PM | 10h 25m |
| February | 7:19 AM | 6:12 PM | 10h 53m |
| March | 6:57 AM | 6:32 PM | 11h 35m |
| April | 7:22 AM | 7:49 PM | 12h 27m |
| May | 6:52 AM | 8:06 PM | 13h 13m |
| June | 6:37 AM | 8:24 PM | 13h 47m |
| July | 6:40 AM | 8:32 PM | 13h 53m |
| August | 6:55 AM | 8:22 PM | 13h 27m |
| September | 7:11 AM | 7:54 PM | 12h 43m |
| October | 7:25 AM | 7:19 PM | 11h 54m |
| November | 6:43 AM | 5:48 PM | 11h 5m |
| December | 7:06 AM | 5:37 PM | 10h 31m |
Indian Shores’s longest and shortest days
Indian Shores’s longest day falls on June 21, 2026 with 13h 54m of daylight; the shortest is December 21, 2026 with just 10h 22m. The two equinoxes, when day and night run nearly equal, sit in between.
| Solar landmark | Date | Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Longest day (summer solstice) | June 21, 2026 | 13h 54m |
| Spring equinox | March 20, 2026 | 12h 7m |
| Fall equinox | September 22, 2026 | 12h 9m |
| Shortest day (winter solstice) | December 21, 2026 | 10h 22m |
How fast Indian Shores gains and loses daylight
The pace of change is not steady. Each month gains or loses a different amount, fastest around the equinoxes and nearly frozen at the solstices. The rate below is the daily change mid-month; the net is the full swing across the month.
| Month | Daily rate | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| January | gaining 54s a day | +29m |
| February | gaining 1m 31s a day | +42m |
| March | gaining 1m 40s a day | +51m |
| April | gaining 1m 34s a day | +47m |
| May | gaining 1m 9s a day | +34m |
| June | gaining 13s a day | +5m |
| July | losing 48s a day | −26m |
| August | losing 1m 26s a day | −44m |
| September | losing 1m 38s a day | −49m |
| October | losing 1m 36s a day | −49m |
| November | losing 1m 12s a day | −35m |
| December | losing 16s a day | −6m |
Indian Shores golden hour & blue hour by season
Golden hour is the warm, low-sun light; blue hour is the cooler twilight that brackets it. These windows come from Indian Shores’s true solar geometry — the sun’s altitude, not a fixed hour — so they stretch toward the solstices and run longer than the rule-of-thumb hour.
| Season | Morning gold | Morning blue | Evening gold | Evening blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring equinox | 7:36 AM–8:07 AM | 7:13 AM–7:36 AM | 7:12 PM–7:43 PM | 7:43 PM–8:07 PM |
| Summer solstice | 6:37 AM–7:11 AM | 6:10 AM–6:37 AM | 7:57 PM–8:31 PM | 8:31 PM–8:58 PM |
| Fall equinox | 7:21 AM–7:51 AM | 6:57 AM–7:21 AM | 6:58 PM–7:29 PM | 7:29 PM–7:53 PM |
| Winter solstice | 7:19 AM–7:54 AM | 6:53 AM–7:19 AM | 5:06 PM–5:41 PM | 5:41 PM–6:07 PM |
Daylight saving time in Indian Shores
Indian Shores springs its clocks forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and falls back on Sunday, November 1, 2026. Between those dates the local clock runs an hour later, so sunrise and sunset both read later — though the amount of daylight is unchanged; only the label on the clock moves.
| Clock change | Date | UTC offset |
|---|---|---|
| Spring forward | Sunday, March 8, 2026 | UTC−4 |
| Fall back | Sunday, November 1, 2026 | UTC−5 |
Why sunset time shifts in Indian Shores
Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.
In Indian Shores, the longest day carries about 13h 54m of daylight and the shortest just 10h 22m — a swing of roughly 3h 32m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Indian Shores’s exact coordinates, in local time.
Golden-hour gear
- Manfrotto Befree Advanced Travel Tripod
A compact carbon-light travel tripod that folds to packbag size. Golden- and blue-hour light is dim enough that handheld shots blur — a tripod is the single biggest upgrade to sunset photos.
- K&F Concept Graduated ND & ND Filter Kit
Graduated neutral-density filters darken a bright sky without underexposing the foreground — the classic fix for a blown-out sunset horizon over a dark landscape.
- MagicFiber Microfiber Lens Cleaning Cloths (6-Pack)
Sea spray, dew, and fingerprints scatter low-angle sunset light into ugly flare. A clean front element is free image quality — keep a cloth in the bag.
- Nikon Aculon A211 10x42 Compact Binoculars
Bright 10x42 optics for watching the sun touch a far ridgeline or horizon, and for the planets and first stars that emerge through the blue hour.
- Philips SmartSleep Wake-Up Light Sunrise Alarm
A sunrise-simulating alarm that brightens gradually before your set time — useful for catching an early sunrise shoot, and for resetting your clock as daylight shifts through the year.
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Frequently asked
- What time is sunset in Indian Shores today?
- Today's sunset time for Indian Shores is shown at the top of this page in local time, updated daily from astronomical sun-position data. Sunset is the moment the upper edge of the sun dips below the horizon; the warm light lingers for a golden hour beforehand and a blue hour just after.
- When is golden hour in Indian Shores?
- Golden hour in Indian Shores is roughly the hour just after sunrise and the hour just before sunset, when the sun sits low and the light turns warm and soft — the favorite window for photographers. The exact start and end times for today are listed above; the window is shorter near the equator and longer at high latitudes. On Indian Shores's longest day near the June solstice it stretches to about 13h 54m of daylight, so the golden hours run longest then.
- What time is sunrise in Indian Shores?
- Today's sunrise time for Indian Shores is listed above in local time. Sunrise is the moment the upper edge of the sun first appears over the horizon. Because Earth's tilt changes the sun's path through the year, sunrise drifts earlier through spring and later through autumn.
- Is the day getting longer or shorter in Indian Shores?
- The day-length change for Indian Shores — how many minutes and seconds of daylight you're gaining or losing compared with yesterday — is shown above. Days lengthen from the winter solstice in late December to the summer solstice in late June, then shorten again through to December.
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