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by toast0 107 days ago
Does the night belong to the day it follows or the day it precedes?

Does it become Friday at dawn, at sunset, at noon, or at midnight?

This is all convention and not something that can be decided objectively.

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The new day ought to begin at the darkest hour. Opposite of high noon. Which is apparently called 'solar midnight'.