So my fiancé and I have been planning to have a full black tie wedding since we got engaged. but today, we ran into a bit of a snag with respects to ceremony start time. We originally planned on a 6:00pm start time, to fully qualify as an evening event, which is required by etiquette for black tie. Today however, we discovered that due to daily evening prayers at our church, the latest they will allow the ceremony to begin is 4:30 pm.
I am now worried about the black tie dress code, as the event start time is now quite a bit earlier that the traditional 6pm for a black tie event. What do you all think? Is 4:30 pm just too early for a black tie wedding ceremony? Am I overthinking this?