Although many preparations also had to be made for the Passover, there is no record of Passover Eve

being called the Day of Preparation. The Day of Preparation was always Friday, the day before the
Sabbath. Mark 15:42 makes this clear.

Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413)Letter 4:11: Well, we were perforce satisfied with his explanation so
long as daylight lasted and dangers were not imminent, but these failed not to return with the approach
of night, for as the hours passed, the seas increased continually in volume. Now it so happened that this
was the day on which the Jews make what they term the "Preparation", and they reckon the night,
together with the day following this, as a time during which it is not lawful to work with one's hands.
They keep this day holy and apart from the others, and they pass it in rest from labor of all kinds.