dawning(n = noun.time) aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sunrise, sunup - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
is a kind of hour, time of day
Derived form verb dawn₃

dawning, n.
1 daybreak.
2 the first beginning of something.