No. The Friday abstainance starts midnight Thursday and goes until midnight Friday. Doing it as you suggest would give everyone an “out” to eat meat for dinner Friday. :tsktsk:
If you go to bed at 6pm Thursday and 6pm Friday? Sure. Otherwise, no – your abstinence should last from the time you get up Friday morning until the time you go to bed Friday night.
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