A Door Into Hindi: Lesson 9

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9.4	Parts of the day

The parts of the day are:

The postposition को is used to express part of the day:

Thus to say "in the morning," "in the evening," etc. we put को after the part-of-day word:

Now let’s put the time and part of day together. Note that there are several ways of putting the two together:

दोपहर को बारह बजे =	बारह बजे दोपहर को	at 12 o'clock in the afternoon (12 noon)
सुबह को पाँच बजे =	पाँच बजे सुबह को	at 5 o’clock in the morning (5 AM)

Sentences:

मैं सात बजे शाम को बाजार जाउगा।	I will go to the bazaar at 7 o'clock in the evening (7 PM).
वह दोपहर को तीन बजे स्कूल से वापस अाती है।	She comes back from school at 3 o'clock in the afternoon (3 PM).

We may omit " को" after the part-of-day word only if the part-of-day word is followed by an o'clock expression. For example:

Thus there are three ways to express the time of day and part of day together.

All three mean exactly the same thing.

See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
Section 12.2 page 151