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NISAN 14 - BIBLICAL HOURS 

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Day hours determined by Sun Dial         Night watches announced by 'Cock-crow' trumpeters
'IDT' = modern Israeli Daylight Time ±15 min depending upon year        Springtime day hours are longer than night hours
6th Hour = 12:42 PM IDT       
NOON       
                                                                           Sun darkened 3 hours Luke 23:44
 
                                                                                          
 9:32 AM IDT = 3rd Hour                                                        9th Hour = 3:52 PM IDT         
CRUCIFIXION Mark 15:25                                                                                                            
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                                                                                           BURIAL John 19:31
                                                                                                                          11.7 hours / 6:42 PM  High Day begins
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6:22 AM IDT = 12th Hour   SUNRISE                                                                    SUNSET   12th Hour = 7:02 PM IDT        .
                                                                                              BEGIN NISAN 14
TRIALS Mark 15:1                                                                                                       
        
3:32 AM IDT = 9th Hour                                                          3rd Hour = 9:52 PM IDT         
               ▼ See below 3rd 'Cock-crow'                                                  1st 'Cock-crow' for change of Temple guard 
                                                                                                  
        TRIALS John 19:14                              Peter's 3rd denial Mark 14:30
MIDNIGHT        
6th Hour = 12:42 AM IDT         
2nd 'Cock-crow'        
Waxing near-full moon overhead       

Anyone who desired to remove the ashes from the Altar used to rise early and bathe before the superintendent came. At what time did the superintendent come? He did not always come at the same time; sometimes he came just at cock-crow, sometimes a little before or a little after. (Talmud – Kodashim Tamid 26a)