Editing Evening (section)

{{Short description|Period of the day}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:Evening in Parambikkulam, Kerala, India.jpg|thumb|Evening in Parambikkulam, [[Kerala]], [[India]]]]
[[File:Evening view on the bay of Naples, overlooking Mount Vesuvius.jpg|thumb|View on the bay of [[Naples]], overlooking [[Mount Vesuvius]] at 7:30&nbsp;p.m. local solar (standard) time]]

'''Evening''' is the period of a [[day]] that begins at the end of [[daylight]] and overlaps with the beginning of [[night]].<ref name="oed">{{cite web |title=evening, n. |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/evening_n1 |website=www.oed.com |publisher=Oxford English Dictionary |access-date=18 September 2023 |quote=The close of day, esp. the time from about 6 p.m., or sunset if earlier, to bedtime; the period between afternoon and night. |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727145652/https://www.oed.com/dictionary/evening_n1 |url-status=live }}</ref> It generally indicates the period of time when the sun is close to the horizon and comprises the periods of civil, nautical and astronomical [[twilight]]. The exact times when evening begins and ends are subjective and depend on location and time of year. It may be used colloquially to include the last waning [[daytime]] shortly before [[sunset]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/evening|title=evening – Dictionary Definition|publisher=|access-date=2018-07-18|archive-date=2023-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711012157/https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/evening|url-status=live}}</ref>