First thing in the morning with my coffee. It is a very contemplative time of day before life kicks into full gear.
If I had to pick a time I would say first thing in the morning followed closely by last thing in the evening. Everything in between is not so bad as well.
Almost never before noon. Afternoon smoking can be pleasant but is almost always interrupted, so I have to smoke in increments; that's okay, but not especially restful. Evening smokes seem to be the most restful to me, the most fully experienced. I'm the breakfast cook, so I'm up and off and running, not smoking a pipe.
Crack of dawn, if there's time. Then mid afternoon, if there's time, before supper. A good pipe takes time, and that can be hard to find.
When ever I get a chance to smoke. To be honest I don't go out of my way to get a smoke in but I pretty much smoke as much as I can. And pretty much any chance I get to smoke I am going to enjoy unless something gets in the way of it. And I really do think part of the enjoyment is just having that time mainly to myself without anyone else being there.
️.I tend to only smoke on weekends / holidays at 5 am. I am so conditioned to associate a pipe with early morning even when I find the time I can’t settle in to a pipe after 4 pm.
I need to try the mornings again with coffee as I remember them being enjoyable. However I try to limit my consumption to a max of one bowl a day so I always choose the evening because it’s most relaxing.