The day of his death was Day One. The next day was Day Two. The day of his resurrection, and of its discovery by the women that came to visit the tomb, was Day Three. On the third day is not the same as three days (72 hours) later, which seems to trouble many minds.
Minute by minute, day by day chronology, is a matter of much significance to the human mind and experience. In other realms, perhaps not so much.
Are we not told that He visited the souls in prison (hell)? I have a recollection of having heard that,but cannot find it written by a cursory search.
You might be recalling 1 Peter 3:18-20. There it says Christ was put to death in the flesh and made alive in the spirit (thus after his resurrection) and went to the “spirits in prison” who had been disobedient during the days of Noah.