Day and night

Day and night

 

There are exactly 24 hours in one day.

The day is divided into two cycles - daytime and night-time. Daytime is the time from sunrise to sunset, while night-time is from sunset to sunrise. The sunrise and sunset times usually vary, but we could say that first cycle – daytime, is approximately from 6 am to 6 pm., while the second cycle – night-time, is from 6pm to 6 am.

Remark:

a.m. comes from the Latin words 'ante meridiem' and means before midday (=before noon).

p.m. comes from the Latin words 'post meridiem' and means past midday

Every day starts at midnight. We say that the time is a.m. just after midnight. This covers the hours from 12a.m. to 11.59a.m. Then we reach noon and could say that it is p.m. just after midday. This covers the hours from 12p.m. to 11.59p.m.

The diagram above shows the two cycles of one 24-hour-day and the words that we use to say the time.

Day and night vocabulary:

day	ден
night	нощ
daytime	през деня
night-time	през нощта
sunrise	изгрев
sunset	залез
midday/noon	обед
midnight	полунощ
down	зазоряване
dusk	здрач
morning	сутрин
afternoon	следобед
evening	вечер

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