Over time, I've realised that certain words you use when referring to time,
such as ’今日’, ’明日’ and ’毎朝’ have no need for you to attach the に particle.
However, when saying '六時’, you must attach a に.

For example, ’今日、学校に行きません。’ and ’毎日午前六時におきます。’
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When should you use a に when talking about the time?
You should use に when the 'time' word means a particular time, for example, 六時
which is 'six o'clock.' You don't need to, however, if the word implys a
period, such as 今日, and the action word can mean a kind of status.
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Generally, one uses に when talking about frequency of an action or a specific
point in time (eg. 8 am). に isn't used for general concepts like 'today' or
'yesterday'
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FWIW, a general rule of thumb I find useful (it isn't always true, but it is a
great deal of the time) is that the use of に in Japanese is actually very
similar to the use of "at" or "on" with time expressions in English. That is,
if you would be inclined to say "at" or "on" in English, then に is probably
correct in Japanese, and for time expressions which we don't usually say
"at"/"on" with, Japanese also generally does not use に:

> 六時 **に** ご飯を食べました - "(I) ate dinner **at** 6 o'clock"  
>  木曜日 **に** 本を返します - "(I) will return the book **on** Thursday"  
>  今日(は)学校に行きませんでした - "(I) did not go to school today" _(no at/on)_  
>  来週やります - "(I will) do it next week" _(no at/on)_

It's worth noting, though, that "in" is different from "at"/"on", and time
expressions which use "in" in English usually don't use に in Japanese:

> 8月は天気がいいです - "The weather is nice in August"
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