Golden-hour meaning : The first sixty minutes after sustaining major traumatic injury, during which there is the highest likelihood that prompt medical treatment will prevent death. A period shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the Sun is higher in the sky. In Japanese television, the period between 7 and 9 pm, the equivalent of the American prime time. (in the plural) Hours worked outside of normal working hours, for which additional money is paid.