If you have relaxed your thoughts while looking at a beautiful sunset, allowing your thoughts to quiet down, you have been close to meditation. After reading for a while, when you put the book down to take a break, sitting quietly and peacefully for a few minutes without thinking about anything, you are approaching a form of meditation. Experienced meditators agree that early morning is one of the best times to meditate. In the early morning, worries, obligations and distractions usually haven't started to accumulate, so it is easier to establish a meditative atmosphere. Having an early morning meditation allows you to carry some of the energy and peace of the meditation into the rest of the day's activities.
Many people meditate either before dinner or later in the evening, too.
Others also meditate at noon. A short meditation at these times provides a chance to get rid of some of the accumulated stress of the work-day and become refreshed. Whenever your schedule will allow you to meditate is a good time, but having a special time of the day set aside for meditation can be especially helpful. When first learning meditation, it is usually not possible to meditate for more than 10 minutes or so. After regular practice, it becomes easier to meditate for longer periods of time.