Day's onset (4)

I believe the answer is:

dawn

(Other definitions for dawn that I've seen before include "Early morning sing-song?" , "Threshold" , "Aurora was its goddess" , "Begin to appear" , "First light" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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