What to call the time from "midnight to sunset"?

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In many religious calendars, the day goes from sunset to sunset.

When translating to the civil calendar, you can divide that day into two parts: from sunset to midnight (A), and from midnight to the following sunset (B).

For terminology, "eve" works well for part A.

Is there a term for part B?

The closest I've found are "day", "morning" and "morrow". Is there another term that could be used?

A similar question: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/69815/is-there-a-term-for-the-period-between-midnight-and-sunrise — Glen Little, May 04 '15 at 06:04
Does it have to be from Old English, or can it be a loanword? Some English speakers with exposure to Spanish, and many bilingual code-switchers use madrugada for that purpose, as its meaning is exactly what you’re looking for and no other word serves: it’s the time between midnight and dawn. (DRAE gives “Tiempo posterior a la medianoche y anterior al amanecer.”) — tchrist, May 04 '15 at 13:01
Also a Portuguese loanword: The cock was standing by her side. “You,” she said to him, ”shall be appointed the watchman of the night. Your voice shall mark the watches of the night and shall warn the others that the madrugada comes.” — tchrist, May 04 '15 at 13:16
A loan word might be good... But I'm looking for the time from midnight to the following sunset, in the evening. — Glen Little, May 04 '15 at 13:48
If it was a work setting, I would call it a *graveyard double shift*. — jxh, May 04 '15 at 17:07
I gave the word "postmidnight" in the other question but it might be applied to your situation also. Let me know if it fits. — ermanen, May 05 '15 at 01:54
"Postmidnight" is interesting and could work, even though it doesn't really give the sense of the whole day until sunset. — Glen Little, May 05 '15 at 03:00
Sunset to midnight is 'first sleep': Skeptics.SE and History.SE. I'd swear ELU also has one somewhere. — Mazura, May 06 '15 at 10:50
"morning" doesn't even come close. I don't understand your division, from midnight to sunset is currently more than 22 hours where I am. What is the purpose in dividing the day into a 22-hour part and a 3-hour part? — oerkelens, Jul 05 '15 at 11:52
@ermanen: I would think it very strange to refer to, say, 9 PM as "postmidnight". — oerkelens, Jul 05 '15 at 11:59
@oerkelens: I was overlaying a 24 hour day starting at midnight with a ~24 hour day starting at sunset. Viewed from either perspective, the 'other' day is divided into two parts. — Glen Little, Jul 05 '15 at 19:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '15 at 04:29

I don't think there is a term in English that works.

For my computer code, I decided to call the two parts of the day simply "fragment 1" and "fragment 2." The term "fragment" does not imply how big it is.

Not very elegant, but that worked for my purposes.

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '15 at 10:04

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ante crespusculum? or ante opacare? In the spirit of AM -- ante meridian?

answered May 06 '15 at 10:04

Gianni

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A good answer to a single word request explains why the options presented work. – Matt E. Эллен May 06 '15 at 12:56
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Hi Gianni, welcome to ELU. Could you share the definition of those words, and where you found them? That would greatly assist the OP in deciding which answer to choose. Thanks! – Erich May 06 '15 at 13:04

What to call the time from "midnight to sunset"?

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