Getting Married on Hanukkah Before Sunset
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Question
Hello, dear Rabbi. I am a groom and, with God's help, getting married this year in the month of Kislev. We are having the wedding as an afternoon event, with the chuppah at 3:00 PM, and the wedding is expected to end around 10:00 PM. What should I do about lighting the Hanukkah candles on the night of the wedding?
Answer
Regarding the Hanukkah candles, since the chuppah is held before sunset, appoint an agent to light the candles in the house where you will live after the wedding. If you cannot appoint an agent, light the candles when you return to your new home after the wedding, even if it is very late at night, as long as dawn has not yet broken. Appoint a guard to remind you to light the candles, and you can rely on this to eat at your wedding without concern.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 672, Paragraph 1), Mishnah Berurah and Biur Halacha (there); Azmera Lishmecha (Issue 118). It seems that even if he has not yet lived there at all, since the apartment is ready for him, it is considered his place of residence, and he can appoint an agent to light there.