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Pyluach is a Python package for dealing with Hebrew (Jewish) calendar dates.
Use pip install pyluach.
Documentation for pyluach can be found at https://readthedocs.org/projects/pyluach/.
::
>>> from pyluach import dates, hebrewcal, parshios
>>> today = dates.HebrewDate.today()
>>> lastweek_gregorian = (today - 7).to_greg()
>>> lastweek_gregorian < today
True
>>> today - lastweek_gregorian
7
>>> greg = dates.GregorianDate(1986, 3, 21)
>>> heb = dates.HebrewDate(5746, 13, 10)
>>> greg == heb
True
>>> purim = dates.HebrewDate(5781, 12, 14)
>>> purim.hebrew_day()
'י״ד'
>>> purim.hebrew_date_string()
'י״ד אדר תשפ״א'
>>> purim.hebrew_date_string(True)
'י״ד אדר ה׳תשפ״א'
>>> rosh_hashana = dates.HebrewDate(5782, 7, 1)
>>> rosh_hashana.holiday()
'Rosh Hashana'
>>> rosh_hashana.holiday(hebrew=True)
'ראש השנה'
>>> (rosh_hashana + 3).holiday()
None
>>> month = hebrewcal.Month(5781, 10)
>>> month.month_name()
'Teves'
>>> month.month_name(True)
'טבת'
>>> month + 3
Month(5781, 1)
>>> for month in hebrewcal.Year(5774).itermonths():
... print(month.month_name())
Tishrei Cheshvan ...
>>> date = dates.GregorianDate(2010, 10, 6)
>>> parshios.getparsha(date)
[0]
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(date, israel=True)
'Beraishis'
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(date, hebrew=True)
'בראשית'
>>> new_date = dates.GregorianDate(2021, 3, 10)
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(new_date)
'Vayakhel, Pekudei'
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(new_date, hebrew=True)
'ויקהל, פקודי'
For questions and comments please raise an issue in github <https://github.com/simlist/pyluach/issues>_ or contact me at
simlist@gmail.com.
Pyluach is licensed under the MIT license.
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A Python package for dealing with Hebrew (Jewish) calendar dates.
We found that pyluach demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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