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A Jewish Calendar program

FREE DOWNLOAD - click here for the ZIP file and here for a .tar.gz file. After extracting the archive, please read the readme.txt file for using the program.

Feature list

• One-month calendar view of a Gregorian month
• Jewish holidays, Yizkor and torah sections calculation for Diaspora or Israel
• Omer counting
• Over 1000 predefined locations for times calculation available, own locations can be added in the source code
• Time format for 12 hour (AM/PM) or 24 hour
• Daylight Savings Time, also for Israel
• Shabbat times calculation
• Zmanim with the following calculation methods:
  • Alot Hashachar (16.1 degrees below horizon, 72 minutes before sunrise, 90 minutes before sunrise)
  • Earliest Tallit (11 or 10.2 degrees below horizon)
  • Hanetz Hachama
  • Kriat Shema (GR"O or M"A)
  • Tefila (GR"O or M"A)
  • Chatzot (GR"O or M"A)
  • Mincha Gedola (GR"O or M"A)
  • Mincha K'tana (GR"O or M"A)
  • Plag Hamincha (GR"O or M"A)
  • Shkiat Hachama
  • Tzait Hakochavim (72 or 17, 20, 40, 50, 60 minutes after sunset; 5.95, 6.5, 7.0, 7.08, 7.5 or 8.5, 8.75, 10.0 degrees below horizon)
• General notes
• Easy changing of font sizes and calendar names (also Hebrew) in the Python source code (described in the Readme file)

System requirements

• The Python 3 interpreter
• The following external Python Libraries:
  • Pmw Python megawidgets
  • Python Imaging Library

The calendar runs e.g. under Microsoft Windows, Unix/Linux, Macintosh.

License agreement

The delivered software is protected by copyright laws and is freeware.

The authors are not liable for consequential, incidential or indirect damages of any kind which arise out of the use of the software.

David and Ulrich Greve
E-Mails: ulrichgreve@tichnut.de

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