Sunrise in Changsha today

Changsha lies at 28°N. In Changsha, day length ranges from 10h 21m in winter to 13h 56m in summer — a swing of about 3h 35m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Changsha today, at a bearing of 81°. It starts getting light 24 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 23 minutes later in Changsha than in Beijing, 1339 km to the north-northeast.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Changsha.

The longest day in Changsha is around 13h 56m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 21m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.