Although the sun does not actually rise, relative to the earth it does. There are subtle energy differences which we feel at pre-dawn, dawn, early morning and so on at different stages of the day. The energy of the moon has subtle variations with distinct effects. Peasant cultures traditionally plant with the waxing(growing) moon, asylums notice patients become more unsettled with the full moon. As for time, as long as we are subject to the influences of relative existence we are subject to it's beautiful manifestation, that is, time. Shall we transcend the relative world to the unmanifest level of existence, and timelessness?