def create_calendar_object(hyear):
''' create the libhdate calendar object
and set it's location and time zone
'''
hcal = HcalWrapper()
# time calculations use the location
# some useful locations and time zones:
# Eilat : 29, 34, 2
# Haifa : 32, 34, 2
# Jerusalem : 31, 35, 2
# Tel Aviv : 32, 34, 2
# Ashdod : 31, 34, 2
# Beer Sheva : 31, 34, 2
# Tiberias : 32, 35, 2
# London : 51, 0, 0
# Paris : 48, 2, 1
# New York : 40, -74, -5
# Moscow : 55, 37, 3
# set location for tel aviv
longitude = 32.08 # N
latitude = 34.8 # E
time_zone = 2 # israel UTC+2
dst = 0 # DST - daylight saving time
hcal.set_location (longitude, latitude, time_zone + dst)
# set holiday and readings (parasha) for Israel / Diaspory
hcal.set_israel ()
#set_diaspora ()
return hcal
