def get_calendar_header(hyear):
''' create a header dictionary useful for
renedring the calendar first page
'''
hcal = HcalWrapper()
# get header for year calendar,
# calculate Gregorian year for 5 be Iyaar)
hcal.set_hdate(5, 8, hyear)
gyear = hcal.get_gyear()
hyear_length = hcal.get_size_of_year()
# significant dates
mered_gadol = gyear - 70
israel = gyear - 1948
jerusalem = gyear - 1967
# set the header
header = {
'hyear' : hcal.int_to_str(hcal.get_hyear()),
'gyear' : '%d-%d' % (gyear - 1, gyear),
'mered_gadol' : mered_gadol,
'israel' : israel,
'jerusalem' : jerusalem,
'hebrew_year_length' : hyear_length
}
return header
def get_year_start(hyear):
''' calculate the year's julian and length
return: a tupple of the julian number for 1'st of Tishrey
and the length of the year
'''
hcal = HcalWrapper()
# get Julian for year start
hcal.set_hdate(1, 1, hyear)
jd_1_tishrey = hcal.get_julian()
hyear_length = hcal.get_size_of_year()
return (jd_1_tishrey, hyear_length)
