It was found that Catholic HolyWeek, ChW, for either year30AD or 33AD does notconform to a Calculated HebrewCalendar, CHC.For year 30AD the CHC hasNissan 1 on Thursday 21 March,this corresponds by Table 2 withSaturday for Niss10 andThursday for Niss15. Niss10 isPalm Sunday for the ChW.Niss15 is Good Friday for ChW.For year 33AD the CHC hasNissan 1 on Saturday 19 March,this corresponds (Table 2) withMonday for Niss10 andSaturday for Niss15. To cover forthis defect, some resort to apseudo Observational HebrewCalendar, pOHC. This is done bypontification of a pseudo sitedmoon. Pseudo because thereare no records apart fromscripture. But scripture is silentabout lunar effects and eclipses.Some of the pOHC’s call Nissan01 as being on Thursday for30AD and Friday for year 33AD.Other pOHC may use otherdates.

Much discussion can befound on means todetermine a day for 1st

observational newmoon, on a clear skyday.

Sundry Calculated Jerusalem New Moons

source Year 30AD Year 33AD

Kalendr G20Mar19:49IST.w G17mar12:41IST.th

Caldr.ch G20Mar22:20IST.w G17mar15:13IST.th

T&Date G20Mar22:41IST.w G17mar15:33IST.th

Reingld G21Mar+2.9deg.th G18mar+7.9deg.fri

cnvrt'lot G23Mar0.64dys.sat G19mar 0.0new.sat

moonphs G20mar02:14full0%.w G16mar02:14ful0.5%

Formula.LN G20mar.wed G17mar.thur

HMrno G20Mar20:22ist.w G17mar13:11IST.th

Brown.LN -23410.0 -23373.0

Niss.01.lun Thur21Mar30ad Fri18Mar33ad

Niss.01.chc Thur21Mar30ad Sat19Mar33ad

Julian new.LN 1732095.919 1733188.543

Formula.LN: Julian new = 2423407 + 29.530589*Brw.LN

Day o Week vs. Month

DOW nis1 nis2 nis3

thur 1 - -

fri 2 1 -

sat 3 2 1

sun 4 3 2

mon 5 4 3

tues 6 5 4

wed 7 6 5

thur 8 7 6

fri 9 8 7

sat 10 9 8

sun 11 10 9

mon 12 11 10

tues 13 12 11

wed 14 13 12

thur 15 14 13

fri 16 15 14

sat 17 16 15

sun 18 17 16

Lunations, Calendars, & Days of Catholic Holy Week (ChW) by OP Armstrong 4/15

Indeed a Friday Nissan-01 is required for N-10 and N-15 tomeet requirements of the ChW, Table-2, Column 3. If amoon age in 30AD is used to match moon age of CHC for33AD, then Nissan-01/30AD would start on Friday. But aLunar calendar alone can not resolve the specific year forJesus resurrection. Table 1 shows some calculation resultsfor the exact time of astronomical new moon in Jerusalem.Within the data of Table 1, there exist small differences forthe timing of a new moon. There is more uncertainty forwhen a new moon could be seen on any given month. This isdue to atmospheric conditions, crude observation tools ofthat early era, plus time variants of new moon.

Table 1 Table 2

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Lunations, Calendars, & Days of Catholic Holy Week (ChW) by OP Armstrong 4/15

A simple method to determine date for an astronomical newmoon is by lunation number. The basis is that our moonrotates earth about once every 29.530589 days. Thuslunation numbers or ‘molad’ may be referenced to a givennew moon date. For the Brown Lunation number (BLN)Lunation 1 occurred at approximately 02:41 UTC, January 17,1923. The associated Julian Day is 2423407.00. The JD#formula is: = (2423407 + 29.530589*BLN). Given a BLN thenone may find the JDN and via many calendar routines, theGregorian or other dates may be found for that new moon.One caveat is the effect of rotation drag slowing. The slowingeffect is about 3 hours in 2000 years. Results of BLN are givenin Table 1, Formula row. As seen it gives better results thansome web sites. Proponents of Lunation Number method saythe accuracy is +/- ¼ a day. Lunation number is referenced toother calendars like: Thai LN/Buddhism, Islamic LN andHebrew LN/ CHC. All are simple variants of the BLN.

Basic Structure of Catholic Holy Week, ChW and the Hebrew Calendar

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Another method of first visible new moon, Cairo Egypt,(15min diff to Jerusalem) is by the Islamic ProlepticObserved Calendar. For the year 30AD, the 1st day ofRajab was Friday G22Mar., corresponds to Friday Nis15or a perfect ChW. For year 33AD, Sha’ban01 is SaturdayG19Mar., corresponds to Saturday Nis15. A SaturdayNis15 (start sundown Friday) corresponds to the lunareclipse data of 33AD, JD#1733204.23. Conceptevaluation was from Eclipse dates for month of Nissanspanning about 2000 years, for 136 total and partialeclipses. Eclipses are between 15th & 16th astronomicallunar day. However on the CHC the dates ranged from14th to 17th day, with average date of 15Nissan. Usingobservational Islamic calendar on eclipse dates, showsobserved new moon lagged the astronomical new moonby 1-3.5 days. The Islamic average observational lag is2days +/- 1 day.

Which is Palm Sunday becomes Palm Monday, per Table 2.Because Nissan 10 falls on a Monday, for Friday N14. The dayof Nissan 10 is an important consideration in Passover. PalmSunday, Nissan 10 is the day of the lamb selection. There areno gospel narratives indicating Jesus rode into Jerusalem afterdark on Palm Sunday.

Lunations, Calendars, & Days of Catholic Holy Week (ChW) by OP Armstrong 4/15

33AD Lunar Eclipse NotesProponents of 33AD resurrection like to tout a(PARTIAL) lunar Eclipse in April 33AD, adnauseas. Such event has no scriptural basis. Tothe contrary the 33AD eclipse indicates Christwas NOT crucified in 33 AD. A careful reading ofgospel accounts shows absolutely NO mentionof a crucifixion blood moon nor any other lunarphenomena. The Gospel accounts give amplementions of light conditions surrounding andduring the crucifixion time of Jesus, like: length of time Christ was on the cross, start and end mention of complete darkness during the crucifixion time of day when the body was requested time of day when Mary visits the empty tomb andthe light conditions; early in morning, while yet dark time when the guards were requested to be placedat Jesus tomb

Yet in none of these events will one find eventhe slightest mention of any non routine lunarphenomena. _____________________________________

IST=GMT+2hr & Jerusalem is GMT+2.33hrFor full details please review & click the provided PDF hyperlinks.Writer’s method finds Niss1 on Friday for Years 30AD &33AD. Determine 1st day of Nissan by use of WHOLEJulian Day number nearest Gregorian March 20Equinox so moon age falls between0.85<{29.53*ABS((JD#w-2451550-0.048)/29.530588853-INT((JD#h-2451550-0.048)/29.530588853))}<2.2 & recheckdate end

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33AD Lunar Eclipse NotesThis should be sufficient proof to anyone, who followsscripture, that this event did NOT happen near anylunar eclipse. Such a natural Lunar Eclipse event woulddetract from the supernatural nature of events on thatfateful day. The lunar eclipse in April 33AD, the lack ofscriptural mention for such event, and vivid lightcondition descriptions by the gospels, more aptly

indicate that 33AD is not the correct resurrection year.

Following the CHCfor the JD number(1733204.23) ofEclipse start, placesthe Eclipse on15Nissan as 15Nisbegan only afterFriday sundown.There is an issuewith a Friday/Saturday Nis15crucifixion date.