Come on Lad, everybody knows people stopped dying like 180 years ago, and “back in my day” mindsets weren’t even invented until 1983, to refer to only as far back as july 23 of 1956, aka “the oldest recorded day to belong to someone”, geez >:Y
When “Raid the Castle” started, it was broad daylight, and it’s heavily implied that Star has been packing for said raid ever since the previous episode, since she wants to leave ASAP.
And when we cut to Star explaining what we already know to her parents, so that means the trip to Mewni and the explanation combined must have taken six hours minimum. And then-
Star goes and tries to write down EVERY SPELL SHE’S EVER LEARNED, That’s two nights of sleep wasted for a fourteen year old girl who’s not even allowed to eat sugar, let alone caffeine. Stop burning the candle at both ends, your majesty. That book’s not going to be written in one night.
Centaurian time, standard 37-hour day.
Give it a few months, you get used to it… or have a psychotic episode.