also: はつぞら
New Year's morning sky
Refers specifically to the sky seen on the morning of New Year's Day, often with a poetic or auspicious feeling.
I thought about my goals for the year while looking at the New Year's morning sky.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading はつぞら is more common than はつそら.
Alternate reading; はつぞら is the usual pronunciation.
Compound of 初 (hatsu, 'first') and 空 (sora, 'sky'), referring to the first sky of the new year.