What is the best time of day for studying?

I take attendance by asking a question.

What is the best time of day for studying?

(I've asked this previously but apparently not posted about it.)

Sorted by time, we can almost patch together a round-the-clock vigil for the class:

• definitely not afternoon
• 12:00am
• past midnight
• 3:45am
• night (4am)
• early morning (7am)
• 7:30am
• 8am
• morning
• 10am
• between lunch and dinner
• sun time
• 1pm
• afternoon
• 2
• after dinner
• evening
• 8pm
• honestly, 8pm-10pm
• 10:00pm - 10:05pm
• night
• late night

The big gaps in our coverage are the midafternoon --- apparently everyone's busy then and no one's studying, even though that's when all the office hours are? --- and midmorning, which makes sense, because that's during our lecture. The studying is compulsory then, but it's more learning and less revising.

Additional nods of the head go to "3:00pm, Monday" (the exact time I asked the question) and "carrot" (absurdism always welcome). Slanted eyes of judgement to "never lol".

This post's theme word is orexigenic (adj), "stimulating the appetite." Late night studying can be orexigenic, resulting in lots of snacking.