Related%20passage for Pesachim 5:1

תָּמִיד נִשְׁחָט בִּשְׁמֹנֶה וּמֶחֱצָה וְקָרֵב בְּתֵשַׁע וּמֶחֱצָה. בְּעַרְבֵי פְסָחִים נִשְׁחָט בְּשֶׁבַע וּמֶחֱצָה וְקָרֵב בִּשְׁמֹנֶה וּמֶחֱצָה, בֵּין בְּחֹל בֵּין בְּשַׁבָּת. חָל עֶרֶב פֶּסַח לִהְיוֹת בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת, נִשְׁחָט בְּשֵׁשׁ וּמֶחֱצָה וְקָרֵב בְּשֶׁבַע וּמֶחֱצָה, וְהַפֶּסַח אַחֲרָיו:

The tamid (the perpetual burnt-offering) is slaughtered eight and a half hours (after sunrise) and sacrificed at nine and a half. On Pesach eve it is slaughtered at seven and a half and sacrificed at eight and a half, both on a weekday and on Shabbath. [The afternoon tamid is slaughtered all of the days of the year (excluding Pesach) eight and a half hours (after sunrise). For the time of the slaughtering of the tamid is when the evening shadows begin to fall; that is, from six and a half hours on, when the sun inclines to the west. For between six and seven it stands in the middle of the sky and casts no shadow, but each man's shadow is "beneath" him. And its slaughtering is delayed for two hours after its time because of vows and gift-offerings, it being written (Leviticus 6:5): "And he shall cause to smoke upon it the fats of the peace-offerings, so that nothing come after the afternoon tamid. And even on Shabbath, when vows and gift-offerings are not sacrificed, the time of the slaughtering of the afternoon tamid is delayed for the sake of uniformity with the weekday vows and gift-offerings. And on Pesach eve, when the Pesach offering is sacrificed after the afternoon tamid, it is advanced one hour and slaughtered at seven and a half.] If Pesach eve falls out on Sabbath eve, it is slaughtered at six and a half, [for there is also the roasting of the Pesach, which does not override Shabbath and which must be done while it is still day. The slaughtering of the tamid is, therefore, advanced to six and a half], and it is sacrificed at seven and a half [The end of the sacrifice is at seven and a half, one hour being required for its processing], and the Pesach (is slaughtered) after it.

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