When, how and why did we decide that the day should start from midnight instead of 6am?
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Midnight being the start/end of the day is because midday/noon when the sun is highest in the sky is the middle of the day, so, the exact opposite of that, midnight, became the point at which we decided to say the day starts/ends.
Now, this is completely arbitrary, some cultures see days as going from sunset to the next sunset.
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