Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 199:3

א"ל רב אשי לרב מרי ואלא הא דקתני אמר לו ר"ש תדע שהרי אמרו אונן טובל ואוכל את פסחו אבל לא בקדשים נימא ליה קאמינא לך אנא יום מיתה דאורייתא ואמרת לי את יום קבורה דרבנן קשיא

That is a difficulty. Abaye said, There is no difficulty: In the one case he died before midday [of the fourteenth]; in the other he died after midday. [If he died] before midday, when he had [as yet] no obligation of the Passover-offering, aninuth falls upon him; [if he died] after midday, when he is subject to the Passover-offering, aninuth does not fall upon him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In both cases the man died on the fourteenth, and R. Simeon holds that the aninuth of the following night is Rabbinical. Now, the obligation to sacrifice the Passover-offering commences at midday on the fourteenth. Consequently, if death took place before midday, aninuth preceded the obligation, and this prevents the obligation from becoming operative; therefore he does not eat the Passover-offering in the evening. But if the man died after midday, this person was already under the obligation, therefore he does eat the Passover-offering in the evening.');">⁵</span>

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