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al-falak

CLI Usage

CLI Usage

Section titled “CLI Usage”

Al-Falak includes a command-line interface for quick terminal output.

Basic usage

Section titled “Basic usage”
Terminal window
python -m alfalak --latitude 35.7750 --longitude -78.6336

Output:

fajr=2026-09-29T09:58:00+00:00
sunrise=2026-09-29T11:08:00+00:00
dhuhr=2026-09-29T17:06:00+00:00
asr=2026-09-29T20:26:00+00:00
maghrib=2026-09-29T23:01:00+00:00
isha=2026-09-30T00:11:00+00:00

With date and method

Section titled “With date and method”
Terminal window
python -m alfalak \
  --latitude 35.7750 \
  --longitude -78.6336 \
  --date 2015-07-12 \
  --method NORTH_AMERICA

Options

Section titled “Options”
Option Required Default Description
--latitude Yes — Latitude (-90 to 90)
--longitude Yes — Longitude (-180 to 180)
--date No Today Date as YYYY-MM-DD
--method No MUSLIM_WORLD_LEAGUE Calculation method

Available methods

Section titled “Available methods”
MUSLIM_WORLD_LEAGUE
NORTH_AMERICA
EGYPTIAN
KARACHI
UMM_AL_QURA
DUBAI
MOON_SIGHTING_COMMITTEE
KUWAIT
QATAR
SINGAPORE
UOIF

Error handling

Section titled “Error handling”

The CLI exits with code 2 for invalid input:

Terminal window
$ python -m alfalak --latitude 35 --longitude -78 --method BOGUS
usage: al-falak [-h] --latitude LATITUDE --longitude LONGITUDE [--date DATE]
             [--method {MUSLIM_WORLD_LEAGUE,NORTH_AMERICA,...}]
al-falak: error: argument --method: invalid choice: 'BOGUS'

See also

Section titled “See also”