What time of day are you getting married?

My wedding was in the evening at 6pm. We picked 6pm because I am not a morning person, and didn't want to be up at 6am to get ready for an early wedding. Hair and makeup started at 9:30am, photos started at 2pm.

Our wedding started at 3:00pm. Just seemed like a good time.

We're getting married at 5:00 p.m. We chose that time so we can get ready without rushing. We practically have all day to get hair, makeup, snack on some food, and take care of any emergencies that come up that day.

Our ceremony starts at 5:30pm, cocktail hour is 6-7, and the reception is 7-11. We're getting married in a historical ballroom so it's a bit fancier and due to noise ordinances 11 is the absolute latest the wedding can go. We worked backwards from 11 to see when things should start and end. Also I'm not a morning person so waking up in time to get ready for an afternoon (or brunch) wedding was not going to happen.

We are planning about 3:00 in the afternoon. Ours is an intamite setting so we are not overly concerned on time but figure that would be best with a dinner to follow. Thinking with photos after, it will be closer to 4:00-4:30 before we leave for dinner, making it more suitable to eat. Hope that helps.

Ceremony starts at 2 p.m.
I wanted something early not too late at night
The venue is an hour (or more) away from home for some people so i wanted to give them time to enjoy the reception before they might have to go
Plus then there is another party after the reception at his parents so im thinking that will run late

We are thinking about 3:30. We can only enter the venue at 9 am and its a Sunday wedding so we want it somewhat early to have lots of time to have fun before everyone leaves. Still working out the logistics to see if that will leave enough time for setting up and getting ready plus first look and pictures.

My wedding is at 3:00 p.m. Just seemed like a good time.

My wedding is going to be at 5-6 that way give people enough time to get ready and not be rushed

Our ceremony was scheduled for 5:30pm because it was about an hour before the sun was scheduled to set that day, and we were having an outdoor ceremony. Photographers call the last hour before sun sets or rises "the golden hour" and it's considered the best natural light for photography. We wanted an evening wedding, and this gave us enough time to have the 30-min ceremony outside in full light, but then get a couple post-ceremony shots as the sun was setting, and then go into an evening reception indoors.

Ceremony was 5:30-6, cocktails 6-7, reception 7-11.

Ours was at 11:30 am. We wanted something early so that we had all day to celebrate. We had lunch and cake after the wedding at 1 then we had time to go home and nap before we went to a hockey game that night.

AT 2 pm because that's the last time the church had available.

We got married at 4pm and for me, that was perfect. I was able to sleep in (as much as possible when you’re excited to get the day started), had a lazy morning with coffee and my MOH, took my time showering and getting dressed to meet my ladies at my parents house so we could all get ready together with my mom.. there wasn’t a point where I felt rushed in the getting ready process and it helped me calm my thoughts and soak it all in!

Scenario 1 we chose 430pm and then Scenario 2 we ended up choosing 2:45pm.

I did a couple things to come to these times.

1) I picked a range of time that I felt would be adequate to be eating dinner and worked the timeline backwards. I wanted to be sure of 2 things, 1 - being dinner time and 2 - being what time I have to get up and start getting ready. I 1000% refused to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn on my wedding day. No one wants that. This was for both scenario 1 and 2.

2) We initially (all wedding plans have since changed) were doing an outdoor wedding right around daylight savings time. So I looked at sundown for post wedding photos of me and my husband to be, and worked backwards to figure out what time the ceremony needed to start in order to be done so that we could be taking photos and have the right amount of light. This was just for scenario 1.

So what time you choose and how you figure it out really depends on what type of wedding, what time of year, etc..

My wedding starts at 4pm and the reception is at 6. We chose 4 because we are ending the reception around 1130. We also wanted a short cocktail hour while FH and I go take some pics together as officially married. I would check with your photographer! Sometimes they are really helpful in those decisions because they know he time frame they need to get the best lighting for your pictures.

Our ceremony will be at 1pm

Our ceremony is starting at 3:45pm. We pretty much worked backward from when the reception has to end. Per the local ordinances music has to be off by 10pm. The DJ was included for 4 hours so reception starting at 6pm. We wanted a cocktail hour which added another 1.5 hours (we wanted to make sure we got to enjoy it) so 4:30pm start for that. Ceremony should take about 30 minutes and we added a buffer in case we’re running late and/or for starting receiving line which is how we decided at 3:45pm. I didn’t want to start at 3:30pm and have everything done by 4 and then the cocktail hour not ready until 4:30pm (and 2 hour cocktail hour seems way too long to me). I also didn’t want to start at 4 and be rushed or fall behind schedule. 3:45pm just seemed like the sweet spot for me.

FH said morning (brunch time) cause then we will be married sooner. That's his own words. I picked the venue he was out of the country at the time so he thought it was fair he picked the time. Plus we don't party or drink much so that time seems good for us.

Our wedding ceremony starts at 10 am, reception starts at 11:30 am and we have the venue until 3 pm.

Reason we chose this time was because if we did an evening wedding the venue charges 125$ a person instead of 85$. Also we have a bridal party of 4 people so myself, mom and two bridesmaids won’t take hours to get ready. We’re planning on starting makeup/hair at 6:30 am. I’m excited and think it will end at a perfect time for a Sunday wedding

We're planning for 4pm. We initially wanted to do a late evening wedding, but we want time to take a few pictures outside after the ceremony. Since we're getting married in November, we have to beat the sunset!