diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/goal_reminder_email.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/goal_reminder_email.py
index 28c31548e4..7c4fdf59de 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/goal_reminder_email.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/goal_reminder_email.py
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         # Essentially, if today is Sunday, days_left_in_week should be 1 since they have Sunday to hit their goal.
         days_left_in_week = SUNDAY_WEEKDAY - today.weekday() + 1
 
-        # We want to email users in the morning of their timezone
+        # We want to email users during the day of their timezone
         user_timezone = get_user_timezone_or_last_seen_timezone_or_utc(goal.user)
         now_in_users_timezone = datetime.now(user_timezone)
-        if not 9 <= now_in_users_timezone.hour < 12:
+        if not 8 <= now_in_users_timezone.hour < 18:
             return False
 
         if required_days_left == days_left_in_week:
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/tests/test_goal_reminder_email.py b/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/tests/test_goal_reminder_email.py
index 68372be5eb..ad60420e0d 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/tests/test_goal_reminder_email.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/course_goals/management/commands/tests/test_goal_reminder_email.py
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ class TestGoalReminderEmailCommand(TestCase):
         self.call_command(day=current_day, expect_sent=expect_sent)
 
     def test_will_send_at_the_right_time(self):
-        """ We only send the emails from 9am-12pm in the user's time"""
+        """ We only send the emails during the day in the user's time"""
         self.make_valid_goal()
-        self.call_command(expect_sent=False, time='2021-03-02 8:00:00')
+        self.call_command(expect_sent=False, time='2021-03-02 6:00:00')
         self.call_command(expect_sent=True, time='2021-03-02 10:00:00')
 
     def test_feature_disabled(self):