[Avodah] Selichos - Especially before Midnight

[Marty Bluke]

It is hard to go against all the modern day poskim.

Igros Moshe O.C. 2:105, R' Moshe is very against the practice of
saying selichos before midnight.

Yechave Da'as 1:46, prohibits saying selichos before midnight, instead
he advises reciting selichos before Minchah.

I just saw yesterday in Halichos Shlomo that RSZA is machmir as well
on this issue.

R' Willig suggested, that instead of saying selichos at 10:00PM, a
much better choice is to daven mincha a little early and say them
between mincha and maariv at the end of the day before sunset as R'
Ovadya writes in his teshuva. In a place like NY where shkia is still
after 7PM if peole really want to say selichos not early in the
morning, this would seem to me to be a realistic option.