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Chateau 1800 · Savannah, GA · Real solar math
What Time Should Your Ceremony Start?
The light does not negotiate.
Your photographer will ask what time the ceremony is. This is the only correct way to answer it. Below is real solar math for 32.3153° N, 81.3093° W — the lake at Chateau 1800 — not a generic Savannah average. Pick your date. Work backwards from the light.
Golden hour = the ~50 minutes before sunset when light is warm and directional. Blue hour = the ~30 minutes after, when the sky goes cobalt and the estate's exterior lighting reads properly on camera. Times are Eastern, DST-adjusted, ±2 min.