Day/Night cycles in FF6

Well, the issue for me using the game timer is that my own code is entirely made using event hacking (and therefore the commands already in the game) rather than ASM code. I don't think that I'm able to access the game timer directly using the cutscene commands like this.

Basically, the way mine is set up, I have six (I think, it's been a while) event bits that are set depending on how light/dark it is. I also have one event bit that determines whether it is getting lighter/darker. So for NPCs to react differently depending on what time of day it is, I need to judge what the darkness level is, and also possibly use the bit that determines whether it gets lighter/darker, to determine morning vs. evening.

If ASM code can interact with the same event bits that I use in a similar way, it could easily be just as flexible, but the ASM code could handle the lightening/darkening the screen without the bugs I have, hopefully.

I'll also throw my documentation at you if that summary isn't enough. I can't remember all of what's in there, but it might be helpful:
https://www.mediafire.com/?tdwfs3jrmucgsxz

I want to get into SNES ASM hacking some day (I already know some assembly), but I can never find the time.