mommamia22:- Shabbos candles as well as Chanukah candles on Friday, can be lit any time from Plag haMincha thru sunset.
Maybe mommamia22 is confusing him/herself, with the Halocho, that Kiddush can be made any time from Plag haMincha until the last 1/2 hour before Nitefall, and of-course any time after nitefall.