No, when counting your menstrual cycle day one is the first day of true bleeding. Brown discharge is spotting, small amouts of blood mixing with discharge as you start to bleed, but you don't count this as day one.
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When you start your period if you have brown, old blood first you count those days as the first day of your 28 day menstrual cycle. You do not have to start counting day one when the blood is red.
Yes, day one of your cycle is the day you begin passing bloody discharge, either brown or red.
Any counting of days regarding menstruation or fertility is always from the first day of your period - LMP is the day you started your last period, fertility window is from LMP - to days 9 thru 16 - the average cycle is 28 to 34 days beginning with LMP.
You start counting on the first day of your period.
pregnancy tests will only detectafter 5 days of your missed period