Indian tradition envisages for eating before the sunset. Jain tradition emphasises the same tradition for the non-violence reasons.
The following are the reasons for the insisting for eating before the sunset;

1. In presence of the sun, digestion power will be more. So, people won’t get the digestion problems.
2. If The gap between the 2 meals is 14 to 15 hours, it is considered as fasting. It assures the good health by eating away the harmful organisms, in addition to the fat. This is called auto-foggi system , which discovery earned the noble prize for Japanese scientist. This habit also keeps the people to be lean and avoids the fat related problems.
3. A lot of people cook in the morning and eat the same food during the night. The long duration not only depletes the nutritional values but also decomposes the food. Early eating will lowers the decomposing and nutritional values. It also ensures the lowering of food waste, there by protects the environment . It also ensures the food security.
4. Early eating will leads to early sleep, which upkeeps the health of the people. It assures detoxification of the harmful substances .
5. The habit upkeeps the digestive system and over all health. It improves the per capita living age.