Sunriset

Solar Calculator

This package generates Solar Position Data based on Latitude, Longitude, Date and Time Zone.
Future updates will include elevation data.

The initial goal was to create a simple function that produced the daily sunrise and sunset for any given location. These calculations create a large amount of useful data that can be used for other solar related calculations and are based on the calculations from NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration). The calculations can be used in various projects, including, but not limited to, Solar Panel Placement, Sun Exposure for Building Construction, Photography, and Circadian Rhythm-based IOT projects, and Timers.

Get It Now

$ pip install sunriset

Documentation

The built-in outputs include:

Pandas DataFrame of all built-in calculations

Daily Sunrise, Sunset & Solar Noon time - In Progress

Solar Plots

Solar Window

Sunrise and Sunset Location

Requirements

datetime

datetime - timedelta

math

pytz (still in progress)

pandas

Additional Requirements

Matplotlib

Disclaimer Data for Litigation: The sunriset Solar Calculator is for research and recreational use only. The authors cannot certify or authenticate sunrise, sunset or solar position data. We do not collect observations of astronomical data, and due to atmospheric conditions, our calculated results may vary significantly from actual observed values.

For further information, please see the U.S. Naval Observatory's page Astronomical Data Used for Litigation.