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Spring Phenomena, 25 BCE to 38 CE


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The first table below gives the Julian calendar dates and Greenwich times of the astronomical vernal equinox for the years 25 BCE to 38 CE inclusive. The second table gives, for these years, the Julian calendar dates and Greenwich times of the astronomical Full Moons which occurred on or after the date of the equinox, and the dates and times of the astronomical New Moons on or preceding, and after, the date of the equinox. The days of the week are given for the equinoxes and the Full Moons, from which the days of the week may readily be found for the New Moons.

The times given in the tables are accurate to within two or three hours for 25 to 5 BCE, and one or two hours for 4 BCE to 38 CE. Red enteries added by the author of this study.

                   
                  VERNAL EQUINOX
                  
                  Julian       Greenwich                      Julian       Greenwich
                  Calendar Date    Time      Day of Week     Calendar Date     Time       Day of Week
                  BCE  March                                   CE  March
                  25    22        8 p.m.     Saturday           7    23        8 a.m.     Wednesday
                  24    23        2 a.m.     Monday             8    22        2 p.m.     Thursday
                  23    23        8 a.m.     Tuesday            9    22        8 p.m.     Friday
                  22    23        1 p.m.     Wednesday         10    23        1 a.m.     Sunday
                  21    22        7 p.m.     Thursday          11    23        7 a.m.     Monday
                  20    23        1 a.m.     Saturday          12    22        1 p.m.     Tuesday
                  19    23        7 a.m.     Sunday            13    22        7 p.m.     Wednesday
                  18    23        1 p.m.     Monday            14    23        1 a.m.     Friday
                  17    22        6 p.m.     Tuesday           15    23        7 a.m.     Saturday
                  16    23        0*         Thursday          16    22        Noon       Sunday
                  15    23        6 a.m.     Friday            17    22        6 p.m.     Monday
                  14    23        Noon       Saturday          18    23        0*         Wednesday
                  13    22        6 p.m.     Sunday            19    23        6 a.m.     Thursday
                  12    22       11 p.m.     Monday            20    22        Noon       Friday
                  11    23        5 a.m.     Wednesday         21    22        6 p.m.     Saturday
                  10    23       11 a.m.     Thursday          22    22       11 p.m.     Sunday
                  9    22        5 p.m.     Friday            23    23        5 a.m.     Tuesday
                  8    22       11 p.m.     Saturday          24    22       11 a.m.     Wednesday
                  7    23        5 a.m.     Monday            25    22        5 p.m.     Thursday
                  6    23       10 a.m.     Tuesday           26    22       10 p.m.     Friday
                  5    22        4 p.m.     Wednesday         27    23        4 a.m.     Sunday
                  4    22       10 p.m.     Thursday          28    22       10 a.m.     Monday
                  3    23        4 a.m.     Saturday          29    22        4 p.m.     Tuesday
                  2    23       10 a.m.     Sunday            30    22       10 p.m.     Wednesday
                  1    22        3 p.m.     Monday            31    23        3 a.m.     Friday
                  CE  AD                                         32    22        9 a.m.     Saturday
                  1    22        9 p.m.     Tuesday           33    22        3 p.m.     Sunday
                  2    23        3 a.m.     Thursday          34    22        9 p.m.     Monday
                  3    23        9 a.m.     Friday            35    23        3 a.m.     Wednesday
                  4    22        3 p m.     Saturday          36    22        9 a.m.     Thursday
                  5    22        8 p.m.     Sunday            37    22        2 p.m.     Friday
                  6    23        2 a.m.     Tuesday           38    22        8 p.m.     Saturday
                  
                  * Midnight at the beginning of March 23.
                  
                  FULL MOON                        NEW MOON
                  
                  On or preceding
                  On or next after date of equinox       date of equinox         Following equinox
                  
                  Julian    Greenwich                  Julian    Greenwich    Julian    Greenwich
                  Cal. Date    Time     Week Day        Cal. Date    Time      Cal. Date    Time
                  BCE   BC
                  25 April  3   4 a.m.   Thu.            March 19     Noon      April 18    4 a.m.
                  24 March 23   9 p.m.   Mon.            March  8     2 p.m.    April  7    5 a.m.
                  23 April 11   9 p.m.   Sun.            Feb.  25     8 p.m.    March 27    9 a.m.
                  22 April  1   6 a.m.   Fri.            March 16     7 p.m.    April 15    6 a.m.
                  21 April 19   1 a.m.   Thu.            March  5    11 a.m.    April  3    7 p.m.
                  
                  20 April  8   3 a.m.   Mon.            Feb.  23     4 a.m.    March 24    1 p.m.
                  19 March 28   5 a.m.   Fri.            March 14     4 a.m.    April 12    1 p.m.
                  18 April 16   0*       Thu.            March  3     Noon      April  2    2 a.m.
                  17 April  4   Noon     Mon.            March 21     8 a.m.    April 19    9 p.m.
                  16 March 25   4 a.m.   Sat.            March 10     8 a.m.    April  9    0*
                  
                  15 April 13   5 a.m.   Fri.            Feb.  27    10 a.m.    March 29    1 a.m.
                  14 April  2   7 p.m.   Tue.            March 18     6 a.m.    April 16    7 p.m.
                  13 April 20   5 p.m.   Mon.            March  6     6 p.m.    April  5    4 a.m.
                  12 April  9   9 p.m.   Fri.            Feb.  24    11 a.m.    March 25    7 p.m.
                  11 March 29  10 p.m.   Tue.            March 15     Noon      April 13    8 p.m.
                  
                  10 April 17   4 p.m.   Mon.            March  5     2 a.m.    April  3    Noon
                  9 April  5  10 p.m.   Fri.            March 22    11 p.m.    April 21   11 a.m.
                  8 March 26  11 a.m.   Wed.            March 12     3 a.m.    April 10    6 p.m.
                  7 April 14   Noon     Tue.            March  1     3 a.m.    March 30    7 p.m.
                  6 April  4   5 a.m.   Sun.            March 19     9 p.m.    April 18    Noon
                  
                  5 March 23   6 p.m.   Thu.            March  8     5 a.m.    April  6    5 p.m.
                  4 April 11   3 p.m.   Wed.            Feb.  25     6 p.m.    March 27    4 a.m.
                  3 March 31   6 p.m.   Sun.            March 16     7 p.m.    April 15    4 a.m.
                  2 April 19  10 a.m.   Sat.            March  6     Noon      April  4    9 p.m.
                  1 April  7   Noon     Wed.            Feb.  24     0*        March 24    Noon
                  
                  CE   AD
                  1 March 27   9 p.m.   Sun.            March 13     8 p.m.    April 12    9 a.m.
                  2 April 15   7 p.m.   Sat.            March  2    10 p.m.    April  1    2 p.m.
                  3 April  5   Noon     Thu.            March 21     3 p.m.    April 20    7 a.m.
                  4 March 25   5 a.m.   Tue.            March  9     6 p.m.    April  8    9 a.m.
                  5 April 13   3 a.m.   Mon.            Feb.  27     3 a.m.    March 28    2 p.m.
                  
                  6 April  2  11 a.m.   Fri.            March 18     3 a.m.    April 16    Noon
                  7 April 21   5 a.m.   Thu. (1)        March  7     8 p.m.    April  6    4 a.m.
                  8 April  9   6 a.m.   Mon.            Feb.  25     Noon      March 25    9 p.m.
                  9 March 29   9 a.m.   Fri.            March 15    10 a.m.    April 13    9 p.m.
                  10 April 17   6 a.m.   Thu.            March  4     4 p.m.    April  3    6 a.m.
                  
                  11 April  6   7 p.m.   Mon.            March 23    10 a.m.    April 22    1 a.m.
                  12 March 26   Noon     Sat.            March 11    11 a.m.    April 10    3 a.m.
                  13 April 14   Noon     Fri.            Feb.  28     3 p.m.    March 30    5 a.m.
                  14 April  4   2 a.m.   Wed.            March 19     Noon      April 18    0*
                  15 March 24   7 a.m.   Sun.            March  9     2 a.m.    April  7    11 a.m.
                  
                  16 April 11   0*       Sat.            Feb.  26     8 p.m.    March 27    4 a.m.
                  17 March 31   1 a.m.   Wed.            March 16     8 p.m.    April 15    4 a.m.
                  18 April 18   7 p.m.   Mon.            March  6     7 a.m.    April  4    7 p.m.
                  19 April  8   4 a.m.   Sat.            Feb.  23     Noon      March 25    3 a.m.
                  20 March 27   7 p.m.   Wed.            March 13     5 a.m.    April 11    9 p.m.
                  
                  21 April 15   8 p.m.   Tue.            March  2     6 a.m.    March 31   10 p.m.
                  22 April  5   Noon     Sun.            March 21     1 a.m.    April 19    3 p.m.
                  23 March 25  11 p.m.   Thu.            March 10    11 a.m.    April  8   10 p.m.
                  24 April 12   6 p.m.   Wed.            Feb.  28     2 a.m.    March 28   11 a.m.
                  25 April  1   7 p.m.   Sun.            March 18     4 a.m.    April 16    Noon
                  
                  26 April 20   Noon     Sat. (2)        March  7     7 p.m.    April  6    5 a.m.
                  27 April  9   4 p.m.   Wed.            Feb.  25     4 a.m.    March 26    5 p.m.
                  28 March 29   3 a.m.   Mon.            March 15     0*        April 13    2 p.m.
                  29 April 17   3 a.m.   Sun.            March  4     0*        April  2    5 p.m.
                  30 April  6   8 p.m.   Thu.            March 22     6 p.m.    April 21    9 a.m.
                  Added: Passover Lamb killed the first day after FULL Moon.
                  31 March 27  11 a.m.   Tue.  Wed.      March 11    11 p.m.    April 10    Noon
                  32 April 14   9 a.m.   Mon.  Tue.      Feb.  29    10 a.m.    March 29    8 p.m.
                  33 April  3   3 p.m.   Fri.  Sat.      March 19    10 a.m.    April 17    7 p.m.
                  34 March 23   3 p.m.   Tue.  Wed.      March  9     4 a.m.    April  7    Noon
                  35 April 11   8 a.m.   Mon.  Tue.      Feb.  26     6 p.m.    March 28    4 a.m.
                  36 March 30   2 p.m.   Fri.  Sat.      March 16     3 p.m.    April 15    3 a.m.
                  37 April 18   Noon     Thu.  Fri.      March  5     7 p.m.    April  4  
                  10 a.m.
                  38 April  8   3 a.m.   Tue.  Wed.      Feb.  22     7 p.m.    March 24    Noon
                  
                  
                  (1)  Preceding Full Moon, March 22, 1 p.m.
                  (2) Preceding Full Moon, March 21, 9 p.m.
                                    
                  * Midnight at the beginning of the given date.
                                    
 

 
Added:
                  The years AD 3, 7, 10, 23, 30 and 37 was the only years that the Passover Lamb was killed on a Friday. The question now is,
                  who are you going to believe, the Sunday Catholic and Advent Church  that Christ was killed on a Fri., or are you going to
                  believe the Bible and the "Astronomical Applications Department"? In the year 37 AD, Christ would have been over 40 years
                  of age.