Free wedding timeline generator
Anchor the day to your ceremony time, adjust the events, and download a clean run-of-show PDF for your vendors and wedding party.
Build your wedding day timeline
Set the ceremony time, tweak the events, and every clock time re-flows instantly. Nothing is saved on our servers.
Your run of show
- 12:00 PM – 2:30 PMHair, makeup & getting ready150 min
- 2:45 PM – 3:30 PMFirst look & couple photos45 min
- 3:30 PM – 4:00 PMGuests arrive & seating30 min
- 4:00 PM – 4:30 PMCeremony30 min
- 4:30 PM – 5:30 PMCocktail hour60 min
- 5:30 PM – 5:45 PMReception entrance15 min
- 5:45 PM – 6:45 PMDinner service60 min
- 6:45 PM – 7:05 PMToasts20 min
- 7:05 PM – 7:15 PMFirst dance10 min
- 7:15 PM – 8:45 PMOpen dancing90 min
- 8:45 PM – 9:00 PMCake cutting15 min
- 9:30 PM – 9:45 PMSend-off15 min
Free, no signup. Your timeline is generated on the fly and never stored.
The PDF is a snapshot.
Wedding days move.
Axis keeps this timeline live — shift the ceremony 30 minutes and every vendor gets re-texted automatically. No group-chat archaeology at 9 PM the night before.
One source of truth
The timeline lives in one place — not in six vendors’ inboxes in five versions.
Shift once, update all
Move any event and every downstream time re-flows instantly.
Vendors stay synced
Photographer, DJ, caterer, venue — everyone gets the change, automatically.
Rolling out in waves — founding teams first.
Wedding timeline FAQ
- How long should a wedding reception run?
- Four to five hours is the sweet spot: a one-hour cocktail hour, about an hour for dinner and toasts, then two to three hours of dancing. Shorter than four feels rushed; past five, energy drops faster than the bar tab. Anchor everything to the ceremony start and work outward — that is exactly what this generator does.
- When should we do the first look?
- About 60–90 minutes before the ceremony. That gives you unhurried couple portraits, lets most formal photos happen before guests arrive, and means you can actually attend your own cocktail hour. Skipping the first look? Budget 45–60 minutes between ceremony and reception for portraits instead.
- How much time should we allow for hair and makeup?
- Plan on 60–90 minutes for the person getting the most done, plus 30–45 minutes per additional person per artist, and start early enough to finish a full hour before you need to leave. Running late on hair and makeup is the single most common reason wedding days slip — pad it.
- Who needs a copy of the wedding day timeline?
- Everyone running the day: photographer, DJ or band, caterer, venue coordinator, officiant, and the wedding party. Send it a week out, and again the day before. The painful part is what happens when something shifts — a 30-minute ceremony delay means re-texting every one of those vendors. That is the part Axis automates.