Wedding timeline start time

Google "sunset time on October 24, 2020, in wherever, FL." It will give you the time. For daughter's January wedding, sunset was 5:15 where we live, based on her venue and photographer's input, the ceremony began at 3:30, ended at 4, cocktail hour till 5, bridal party announced into the reception at 5:15. The light was perfect for all their photos.

Look up the sunset time in your area and start the ceremony an hour and a half before.

My wedding was Oct. 26th in the panhandle of Fl. The sun for me set at 6:02. So we had the ceremony at 5. Well I think we actually started about 5:10ish. Our Ceremony was about a 15 mins. Got a few guest group photos and family. We had couple pictures around 5:40 or a little later. The sun peaked out for a beautiful sunset when we started taking our couple pictures. Which we were so thankful for.


Are you from Florida or are you doing a destination wedding? Is your photographer from the area? They could provide some guidance on a “fall” sunset timeline.
I hope this helps. Good luck with the rest of your wedding planning. Happy wedding days! It will go by so quickly!

View Quoted Comment Yes we are from central Florida! And thank you I will see what my photographer has to say!

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I googled it and it said sunset is at 6:49 pm so we should start about 5-5:30?

I got married October 5, 2019 and I too am on the east coast. We started our ceremony at 5:30. We started pictures at 4:00 and also did photos after the ceremony while our guests were at cocktail hour.