5 to 9pm, because the sunset varies so wildly here (4pm to 9pm) that people usually don't use the actual sunset. It's basically "after traditional white collar working hours; before a plausible time for adults to start thinking about getting ready for bed."

The answer to this question will vary depending on the season, as the winter months have shorter days and the summer months have longer days. Furthermore, there is no standard set of times that are universally accepted That being said, here is my classification of times:

• Morning is from sunrise to 11:59 AM. Sunrise typically occurs around 6 AM.
• Noon is at 12:00 PM.
• Afternoon is from 12:01 PM to around 5:00 PM.
• Evening is from 5:01 PM to 8 PM, or around sunset.
• Night is from sunset to sunrise, so from 8:01 PM until 5:59 AM.

This is just a general outline - it's more common to categorize these times based upon one's activities. For example, we eat breakfast in the morning and dinner in the evening.

The evening , meaning the end of the day, doesn't have a fixed time. It is defined as that period between late afternoon and night; for some that means the period of dusk, or twilight, from sundown to darkness or near-darkness. When many people speak of the evening they think of around six pm, because that's the time the majority of people have finished their day's work. In another sense we might say, we're spending the evening with friends, or, we ate out yesterday evening, usually referring to night rather than evening. In English the noun, even , dates back to the Old English word, aefnung. By the 1450s, even had been replaced by evening . Today we still see uses of the term even in words such as evensong , and eventide . 5 or 6. but really its 6 The Evening starts at 6:00pm according to some. Depending on your perspective, evening can also start when it gets dark.