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Originally Posted by Shemsi en Tehuti
Without getting into too many terse details, the only reason the New Year is celebrated at its present time is due to Indo-European cultural association with the Winter Solstice and Lunar Cycles, where as traditional African civilizations such as Absynnia, Kush, Nubia, Egypt, Kuba (Congo/Central Africa), Yoruba, and other Africans celebrated their New Year around the summer solstice occurring about the end of June.
As you can see, the African was diametrically opposite to the Indo-European/Semite with respect to their calendar. Some Semites still hold onto their African practices of starting the day when the sun sets. The origin of this is in my avatar, called the Tuat representing the "12 Hours of Night" and is inscribed on the pyramid attributed to Khufu at Giza. Without tearing down anyone's religion, it should be known that the Egyptian word Tuat transliterates to "Dawood" or "David" in Hebrew; hence not surprisingly we have the "Star of David [Tuat]". If you count, there are 12 pieces inside the outer-most circle that represent each hour that Ra (in the form of the Sun) was "under the Earth" between sunset (evening) and sunrise (morning).
I think it can be argued that the time of our festivals/celebrations surrounding holidays and so forth certainly effects our consciousness. Should we count the days starting after sunset and our years beginning at the end of June?
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Yep I'm feeling this thread. I would go for a 3pm - 3am 'day' allowing a 3am - 9am break for essential melatonin top up with a 9am - 3pm space for creations/creativity time. A friend of mine who I studied with would get going at around 11pm and work through till about 6am. This worked well between us where I would work on a joint assignment with her during the evening hours and she would take it over and work through to morning. there is definitely something magical that happens for us after hours and can often be some of the most productive and creative time of the 'day'.