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In England "of a morning" is standard, though not common, and is perhaps a little dated. It would be readily understood, and I don't pick it up as dialectal at all, though it might be more common in some regions.
"Of an evening he would go down to the pub and play darts." -- Or "He'd go down to the pub and play darts of an evening." -- yess, slightly old-fashioned.
Less commonly "of a night", "of an afternoon", but they're possible too. But "Of a Monday" doesn't sound right.
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