Another location where that same Greek word, "epiphosko" (ep-ee-foce'-ko), is used to mean DRAW-ON toward something in terms of time - but NOT in reference to sunrise (dawn) - is:

Luke 23:54 "And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath DREW-ON." (Strong's #2020)

So, the scriptural passage is telling us that: "As the sun was about to set, ending a Saturday Sabbath, the women were at the city gate and prepared to exit as soon as the new week began (Dawned), which is when the Sabbath travel restrictions ended".

Then, in Matt. 28: 2, we see that, immediately, as the new week had just begun and before the women could reach the tomb, an earthquake occurred when an Angel of the LORD rolled back the tombstone covering the entrance.   And, when the women arrived the grave was empty, VERY shortly after sundown on a Hebrew's Sunday, but still a Gentile's Saturday night, just like today.

The resurrection of Christ Jesus certainly did NOT occur on a Sunday morning near, at, or after sunrise.   Matt. 28: 1-2; clearly indicate that He rose from the dead very, very shortly after, SUNDOWN on a Hebrew Sunday.

Therefore, you can forget about Easter Sunday sunrise services, since, in THAT year, Easter had already occurred 25 days BEFORE His crucifixion, and since Christ Jesus was resurrected at SUNDOWN on what the Gentiles still call Saturday evening, at the very beginning of what HEBREWS call Sunday.   At the "dawn" of a new week.

An Exposition Of The Bible

Matthew, Chapter 28, Verse 1;   "In the end of the Sabbath..."

This means: "Inside the tail-end of a Saturday, Sabbath day, at the going down of the sun".   It was still the Sabbath, in the waning minutes!   This clause appears from Mark 16: 1; and intends what the Hebrews call

"TBV YAUWM",
"the goings out of the Sabbath", the final moments at the very ending of a Sabbath daytime period, as the sun has almost (but NOT yet) completely set.

"....as it began to dawn toward the first (day) of the week..."

This means, "....as time moved, at the ending of a Sabbath day, into the first instance of a new week".   This portion of the verse should read: "....as the Sabbath day was about to change from the last moment of the last day of an old week, onward to the first moment of the first day of an entirely new week, at sunset".

Since, in Matthew 28: 1, the word "DAY" is not found in the original Greek New Testament manuscripts, it does not belong in any translation of the Bible.   The word "DAY" leads to confusion as to the actual meaning of this verse.   You must remove the word "DAY" from your thinking, for it does not belong in Matthew 28:1.

While, for the Hebrews, a new "DAY" was about to begin, a new "DAY" for the Hebrews begins at SUNSET.   Always has,   Always will !

Were you aware that it could "DAWN" at "DUSK"?
What a concept, huh?
That since the Hebrew's days and dates begin and end at sundown (dusk),
whenever a new day "DAWNS" for a Hebrew, it happens at "DUSK"? Duh!

The modern, western world thinks of a new calendar day as beginning at midnight, or a new daytime period as beginning at "DAWN", sunrise.   But, the inference in Matthew 28: 1; is the "DAWNING" of a new week, the start, the first minute. NOT the (sunrise) "DAWNING" of a new daytime period.   The Hebrews of Jesus' day referred to the first part of a Sunday (the first minute), at sunset, as the first (part) of a new week.

In the very beginning of Matthew 28: 1; the sun had not yet set, while in the next portion of this verse the sun is actually setting and the day is changing from Saturday to Sunday, right AT sunset, as a new week had just began to "DAWN".   In Jerusalem, by the sixth word of this verse, the time is established as 5:59 PM on a Hebrew's Saturday, and by the eighteenth word of this verse the time is established as 6:01 PM on a Hebrew's Sunday; assuming a 6:00 PM sunset.

Most people, including most Hebrews, know very little about the Hebrew's Holy Scriptures. Also, too many people know very little about the Christian Bible and, so, know nothing of the information about the Resurrection of Christ Jesus detailed above.

Even many (most) genuine Christian believers do not fully understand the Hebrew orientation of the Holy Scriptures and never make the theological connection between the Judaism of Christ Jesus and its Christian applications.

Mankind's customs and traditions, even if pious and heartfelt, are not recognized by God as true worship: In Mark 7:6-7 and Matthew 15:7-9, Christ Jesus stated:
"Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites... in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the traditions of men... thus making the word of God of none effect."

There is always great danger of NOT understanding the Bible stories when one
knows the Easter traditions and Christmas carols (folklore based upon Roman Catholic myths and fables)
BETTER than one knows the Bible itself.

Enough cannot be said about this matter of "DAWN" meaning the start of a new week, at sunset, and the fact that the word "DAY" does not belong in this passage at all.   Because so many misconceptions have been formed, over the centuries, about the true meaning of this verse, the matter must be settled once and for all.

Christ Jesus rose from the dead on a Hebrew's Sunday, at sunset,
just a moment after the end of a Saturday Sabbath,
NOT at sunrise.

On the Hebrew date: 18 Nisan, 3791.

And, since Easter was on March 31, in that year,
Christ Jesus was Resurrected 28 days AFTER Easter !

SOURCES:

The above exposition was compiled from elements found in the following works:

For: Matthew, Chapter 28, Verse 1:
For the words: Day, Dawn, End and Sabbath.