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§68.991        The calendar is the Julian months of March-May for 34 c.e.  Note that before 1582 c.e. the Julian calendar is used, and after October 1582 c.e. the Gregorian.  The small superscripted numbers to the left of the Julian day numbers indicate the day numbers of the Jewish luni-solar calendar.   For example, the new moon falls on Thursday March 11.  It was first seen in Jerusalem at sunset Wednesday, March 10.  This day is superscripted with "Aviv 1," and labeled "new moon.

March

Sun   Mon   Tue    Wed        Thurs        Fri        Sabbath
      1     2      3          4             5          6
7     8     9      10    ^{Aviv 1}11 (new moon) 12         13
14    15    16     17        ⁸18            19         20
21    22    23   ¹⁴24 (Prep) ¹⁵25 (Passover) ¹⁶26       27 (First)
28    29    30     31
April
 
Sun   Mon   Tue    Wed         Thurs        Fri       Sabbath
                               ²²1           2         3  (second)
4     5     6      7           ²⁹8       ^{Ziv 1}9         10 (third)
11    12    13     14           15          ⁸16        17 (fourth)
18    19    20     21           22          ¹⁵23       24 (fifth)
25    26    27     28           29          ²²30
 
May  
Sun   Mon   Tue    Wed         Thurs        Fri             Sabbath
                                                            1  (sixth)
2     3     4      5            6           ²⁹7         ^{Sivan 1}8 (seventh)
²9    ³10   ⁴11     ⁵12           ⁶13          ⁷14 (Pentecost) 15
18    19    20     21           22          23              24

§69         Aviv 1 was on March 11, 34 A.D., and Passover fell on March 25th.  The seven Sabbaths are enumerated on the calendar according to Leviticus 23:15.  "Billerbeck points out that according to Leviticus 23:15 the days and weeks were numbered from the offering of the first-fruits to Pentecost, so that the second sabbath after the first^§71 would be the second between the Passover and Pentecost" (TDNT, Vol. VII, pg. 23, note 183).
§70         Pentecost is marked at Sivan 7 on the 14th of May, which is after the seventh sabbath on Sivan 1, the 8th of May.  The Sadducees theoretical Pentecost would be on May 18, Sunday, however, they could not enforce it in the First Temple Period.  Their 'first' Sabbath would be April 3rd, hence the first-Sabbath resurrection is also a refutation of the Sadducean theory.

§71         BAG also mentions this first Sabbath (see §66).

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