Re: periods of the day

Garrett Jones wrote:
>
> This last weekend i invented the periods of the day for Minyeva. They center
> around four points of the day: sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight.
>
> fabo: 'night' (midnight - sunrise)
> coce: 'morning' (sunrise - noon)
> mega: 'afternoon' (noon - sunset)
> pito: 'evening' (sunset - midnight)
>
> veva: 'day' (sunrise - sunset); coce + mega
> zige: 'night' (sunset - sunrise); pito + fabo
>
> bani: 'day' (midnight - midnight); fabo + coce + mega + pito
The Kassi do the same thing, except that day starts at sunrise.  After
the invention of the mechanical clock, the custom arose of setting it by
sunrise of summer solstice (such that the day never began after
sunrise).  Of course, by "modern" times, time zones have also been
instituted, but the day still begins around sunrise.

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