Wow. I cant believe this never occurred to me before.
john 19:14 says Pilate sat in the place called the pavement at the 6th hour. Thats noon.
Then Jesus was led away to be crucified.
According to Mark Jesus was crucified the 3rd hour.
3 hours after he saw pilate would be 3pm.
(He cant have been crucified before he was led away)
There was darkness from the 6th to the 9th hour.
The 6th hour that he was on the cross would be 9pm.
The 9th hour that he was on the cross would be 12midnight.
(Midnight is the hour the angel of death passed throughout Epypt).
Apr 35 of the year 31 had a partial lunar eclipse lasting from 20:00 to 00:30.
apr 25 of 31 AD was a Wed and its julian day #1732495
there was also a total eclipse on june 14 of 29 but that would be too late in the year for passover.
(unless they had a very long winter). June 14 of 29 AD was a tue and its julian day #1731815
Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer for ASIA
0031 April 25 Partial Lunar Eclipse - Interactive Google Map - Xavier Jubier
0029 June 14 Total Lunar Eclipse - Interactive Google Map - Xavier Jubier
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this makes sense because he was in the tomb for 3 days and 3 nights and he arose on sunday morning at dawn. 3 days after
thur morning would be sunday morning.