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Day and Night 

“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu with six qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.  What six?  

It’s when a bhikkhu has many desires—he is frustrated and not content with any kind of robes, alms-food, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.

And he is faithless,

unethical,

lazy

unmindful,

and witless.  

A bhikkhu with these six qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night. 

A bhikkhu with six qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.  What six?  It’s when a bhikkhu doesn’t have many desires—he is not frustrated but content with any kind of robes, alms-food, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. And he is faithful, ethical, energetic, mindful, and wise.  A bhikkhu with these six qualities can expect growth, not decline, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.”

Source: https://suttacentral.net/an6.84