lv-namedays 0.5.2

a CLI tool and a library for Latvian name day lookup

Latvian name day list (vārda dienu saraksts)

This repository contains the Latvian name day list and an utility for working with it.

About Latvian name days.

Installation

To install this tool run:

pip install lv-namedays

Using uv:

uv pip install lv-namedays

You can also install it as a uv tool and then run it directly from shell:

> uv tool install lv-namedays

> nameday now

Šodienas vārda dienas: Antons, Antis, Antonijs

Usage - command line

Usage: nameday [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  A program for lookup in the Latvian name day calendar.

  It can display today's name days and look up the name day date for a
  specific name.

Options:
  --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  date  Show name days for a specific date (in MM-DD format).
  name  Show the name day for a specific name.
  now   Show today's name days.
  week  Show name days for the current day and 3 days before and after it.

Usage - as a library

The name day lookup functionality can also be imported and used as a library:

from lv_namedays import NameDayDB

db = NameDayDB()

# Look up the name day for Uldis (4th of July)
db.get_date_for_name("Uldis")
>>> '07-04'

# Look up the names for the 1st of July
db.get_names_for_date("07-01")
>>> ['Imants', 'Rimants', 'Ingars', 'Intars']

# Get the full name days list (dictionary)
db.namedays
>>> {'01-01': ['Laimnesis', 'Solvita', 'Solvija'], ..., '12-31': ['Silvestrs', 'Silvis', 'Kalvis']}

Data source

https://data.gov.lv/dati/eng/dataset/latviesu-tradicionalais-un-paplasinatais-kalendarvardu-saraksts

Related projects

• slikts/vardadienas
• laacz: namedays