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Old 13-Sep-2007, 12:22
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Default 7 Times of the Day

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7 Times of the Day
Here are 7 important times or parts of the day in English.
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MIDNIGHT
This is the middle of the night (00:00 hours).
MIDDAY
This is the middle of the day, also called "NOON" (12:00 hours).
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MORNING
This is the time from midnight to midday.
AFTERNOON
This is the time from midday (noon) to evening.
From 12:00 hours to approximately 18:00 hours.
EVENING
This is the time from the end of the afternoon to midnight.
From approximately 18:00 hours to 00:00 hours.
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DAWN
This is the time when the sun rises or comes up (sunrise).
DUSK
This is the time when the sun sets or goes down (sunset).

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What about 'night'?
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Default Re: 7 Times of the Day

Also, some people might disagree about the definition of 'morning'. At one minute past midnight it is unarguably ante meridiem, but if I say 'I'll see you in the morning' I mean some time a good deal later than 00.01 - a few hours after dawn, probably. And if I say 'I'll do it first thing in the morning' I mean 'at the beginning of my working day'.

When you want 'morning' to refer to a time of darkness, you need to qualify it in some way - 'the early hours of the morning' (or just 'the wee small hours').

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I think the first hour of the Jewish day is 6:00 am in our time.
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