Charleston Sunrise Sunset Calculator
Daily Details - Desktop
The free web application The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) provides the exact position of the sun and moon as viewed from a particular location on a given date and time. You need to create a free account the first time you use it. TPE also provides shadow length and whether or not a subject will be in shade at a given time. Click on the first icon below to open The Photographer's Ephemeris centered on the location shown. Clicking the second icon gives the National Weather Service Point Forecast for the location, and clicking on the third gives a wind forecast from windy.com:
Edisto Beach: 
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You can also import all of the points of interest on the Charleston map into TPE Desktop by downloading this POI file 
and the choosing Locations Import in TPE Desktop.
TPE is published by Crookneck Consulting LLC and the web application is free to use.
Daily Details - Mobile
There are many apps available for your phone or tablet to help with shot planning. My favorites are Photopills and TPE for Android/iOS or TPE 3D for iOS only. Both applications support the importing of Points of Interest / Locations. To import POIs for the Charleston into one of these apps proceed as follows:
- Download the KML file with the points of interest by clicking here:
- Email the downloaded file to yourself
- On your phone open the email you just sent and tap the attachment
- Choose Photopills or TPE or Google Earth or any other app that appears on the list
- The locations in the attachment will be added to those already on your phone
Notes
The Sunrise Sunset calculator above provides a monthly calendar showing Sunrise/Sunset and Moonrise/Moonset and Moon phase for a whole month. More detailed information can be obtained by clicking on one of the Photographer's Ephemeris icons above or via one of the mobile applications listed.
Sunrise Sunset times are given at Edisto Beach. Times reflect DST as South Carolina observes DST.