baher-hasab 1.0.1

A python package for calculating Ethiopian holidays and fasting seasons

About

Overview

Ethiopia has its own ancient calendar based on the system called Baher Hasab - ባሕረ ሃሳብ which means the Sea of Ideas. Baher Hasab also known as Abushakir is a chronological system used for calculating the times of festivals and the beginning and ending of the fasting days throughout the year.

The baher_hasab is a Python package that simplifies the process of working with the Baher Hasab (also known as Abushakir) calendar. This package provides a set of tools and functions to help users easily calculate the dates of festivals and the beginning and ending of fasting days throughout the year.

Key Features

• Calendar Conversion: Easily convert between the Gregorian calendar and the Ethiopian calendar.
• Festival Calculations: Automatically determine the dates of major festivals and holidays based on the Baher Hasab calculations.
• Fasting Day Tracking: Effortlessly track the start and end dates of fasting periods throughout the year.

Installation

To install the package, you can use pip:

pip install baher_hasab

Usage

Here's a simple example of how to use the package:

from baher_hasab import BaherHasab

# Create a Bahire Hasab instance
bh = BaherHasab(given_year=2016)

# Get the date of a specific festival
event_date = bh.get_event_date('hudade')
print(event_date) # Outputs Megabit 2

Contribution

Contributions to the baher_hasab package are welcome! If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for new features, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.