how is midnight late?
Midnight is late for regular living people. I unfortunately am trapped by that. But the best time of the 24 hours is 2:30 AM. It's quiet, dark and clear. That's when I can think, and figure out what to do in the daytime. In the day people distract you, because they are there. Day is for doing. Night is for knowing what to do in the day.
Listen to Act II of "Tristan und Isolde", the 20 minute "Night and Day" scene; that explains it quite well, for me anyway.