Editing Evening (section)

==Start time==
The ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' defines evening as varying according to daylight and lifestyle, but says that many people consider it to begin at 5 p.m.<ref name="Britannica">{{cite web|title=Definition of evening in English|url=https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/parts-of-the-day-early-morning-late-morning-etc|website=Britannica|publisher=[[Britannica]]|access-date=17 Sep 2023|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822024715/https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/parts-of-the-day-early-morning-late-morning-etc|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a social context, the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] defines evening as "the time from about 6 p.m., or sunset if earlier".<ref name="oed"/>

As such, there is no fixed consensus on when the period of evening starts.