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al-falak

Getting Started

Getting Started

Section titled “Getting Started”

Install

Section titled “Install”
Terminal window
pip install al-falak

Your first calculation

Section titled “Your first calculation”
from datetime import datetime
from alfalak import PrayerTimes, CalculationMethod


# Coordinates for Raleigh, NC
coordinates = (35.7750, -78.6336)
today = datetime.now()


prayer_times = PrayerTimes(
    coordinates,
    today,
    CalculationMethod.NORTH_AMERICA,
)


print(f"Fajr:    {prayer_times.fajr.strftime('%H:%M')}")
print(f"Sunrise: {prayer_times.sunrise.strftime('%H:%M')}")
print(f"Dhuhr:   {prayer_times.dhuhr.strftime('%H:%M')}")
print(f"Asr:     {prayer_times.asr.strftime('%H:%M')}")
print(f"Maghrib: {prayer_times.maghrib.strftime('%H:%M')}")
print(f"Isha:    {prayer_times.isha.strftime('%H:%M')}")

Using a Coordinates object

Section titled “Using a Coordinates object”
from alfalak import Coordinates, PrayerTimes, CalculationMethod


coords = Coordinates(latitude=35.7750, longitude=-78.6336)
prayer_times = PrayerTimes(coords, datetime.now(), CalculationMethod.MUSLIM_WORLD_LEAGUE)

Using custom parameters

Section titled “Using custom parameters”
from alfalak import PrayerTimes, CalculationParameters


params = CalculationParameters(
    fajr_angle=18,
    isha_angle=18,
    isha_interval=90,  # Isha = Maghrib + 90 minutes
)
prayer_times = PrayerTimes(
    coordinates,
    datetime.now(),
    calculation_parameters=params,
)

Timezone conversion

Section titled “Timezone conversion”
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo


london = ZoneInfo("Europe/London")
prayer_times = PrayerTimes(
    (51.5074, -0.1278),
    datetime.now(),
    CalculationMethod.MOON_SIGHTING_COMMITTEE,
    time_zone=london,
)

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”