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Pesachs/Passovers of 26-36 AD

Pesach/Passover, including day of week it occurred, of each Year from 26-36 AD, as would have been figured by the Religious-Sanhedrin/The-Great-Bet-Din (in charge of when religious festivals occurred at that time) [ref: see The Religious Sanhedrin: The Great Bet Din: Functions and Authority].

The first light of the Moon seen after an astronomical new moon establishes the 1st day of the month that occurs at sunset [1]. The Danjon limit is the smallest angular separation between the Sun and the Moon when the first light of the Moon can still be seen [2]. A Danjon limit of 7 is used in these calculations with a limit below 7 possibly seen (have to have two witness see it though) but not affecting all but one Pesach (Passover) of the included years. The following reasons are why you will see more than one possible Pesach (Passover) for each year: if there are 29 days in a month, the month may have 30 days if the weather did not allow for the Moon to be seen on the 29th day; different things could cause a leap month (13th month) to be added, it was possible a leap month was added in a year or held until the next year [3]. Leap months were added if the 16th day of the 1st month occurred before the vernal spring equinox (3/22, 3/23, 3/24) [4 (goto verse 8)] keeping in mind the equinox could be defined as a day with 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night which happens 3-4 days before the vernal equinox.

(Equinoxes for 26-36 AD and all data are figured using NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Horizons Systems with location set to Jerusalem.)

We know a 6th Day (F) Passover did not happed as it does not allow for 3 days & 3 nights. (The concept of a 6th Day Passover came much latter with the Catholics. [ref]) That leaves a 4th Day (W) or 5th Day (Th) Passover with the 4th Day (W) figuring 3 whole days & 3 whole nights and the 5th Day (Th) figuring partial days or nights to be included with the 3 days & 3 nights. With the destruction of the 2nd Temple occurring between 68-71 AD (which no credible source argues with) and exactly 40 years shown to exist between the Passover of the death of YESHUA on the Cross, we only have the years of 28-31 AD that will fit that criteria. A 4th or 5th day Passover only occurs in 30 AD of those years. 30 AD has a 5th Day Passover. A 4th Day Passover was only possible in 34 AD, not even close to the 28-31 AD criteria.