The colony was still in outer space, so there was no way one could tell whether it was morning or evening. Of course there were clocks to tell the time, but outside of a planet and it's rotation within a solar system, Cole did not think time, counts in space. At least in the concept of whether it was morning, afternoon or night.
Never the less he woke up naked, his adventures with Tehila the night before had been exciting. They went everywhere they could, fought, played, stole, got arrested, crashed a wedding ceremony and stole the bride, got caught and arrested again, before coming back to pay for a honeymoon suite in an 8 star hotel, spending close to 16 million Gold in one night.