Vikāla [vi+kāla] "wrong time," i. e. not the proper time, which usually means "afternoon" or "evening," and therefore often "too late." -- Vin iv.274 (=time from sunset to sunrise); J v.131 (ajja vikālo to -- day it is too late); VvA 230 (id.). -- loc. vikāle (opp. kāle) as adv., meaning: (1) at the wrong time Vin i.200; Sn 386; PvA 12. -- (2) too late Vv 84 (=akāle VvA 337); DhA i.356; iv.69. -- (3) very late (at night) J v.458.   -- bhojana taking a meal at the wrong time, i, e. in the afternoon Vin i.83; D i.5; A i.212; ii.209; Sn 400; DA i.77.