Earliest Time to put on Tzitzit with a Blessing

As quoted from:
Shulchan HaMelech, a Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in 3 volumes as compiled by Maharan HaRav Shmuel Laniado z'al, 1923 with the supplement "Al HaShulchan" containing various opinions compiled by Ezra Basri, Chief Justice of the District Court, Jerusalem in 1992.

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p. 30 Chapter Nine Al HaShulchan

4. The time from when zizit can be put on with a blessing in the morning is when one can differentiate (in the natural light) between the techelet (the bluish dye of the Chilazon fish mentioned in the Torah as part of the commandments of zizit, but unavailable nowadays according to most authorities. tr.) and white colors of the zizit.  The Jerusalem minhag (custom) is to reckon this time as being one hour before sunrise. (Sh.Ar. 18:3, K. Hach 18)

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