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Accurate Hijri-Gregorian dates converter based on the Umm al-Qura calendar

pip install hijri-converter

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    hijri-converter

    A Python package to convert accurately between Hijri and Gregorian dates using the Umm al-Qura calendar.

    ⚠️ Deprecation Notice

    This package has been deprecated and will not receive future updates. Please use the hijridate package instead.

    For migration to hijridate, install the package:

    pip install hijridate~=2.3.0
    

    Then change the import statement as:

    from hijridate import Hijri, Gregorian
    

    Features

    • Accurate and verified date conversion.
    • Optimized code performance compared to similar packages.
    • Intuitive, clean, and easy-to-use interface.
    • Most of the methods and formats are similar to those of standard library.
    • Multilingual representation of weekday names, months, and calendar era notations.
    • Easily extendable to support other natural languages.
    • Rich comparison between dates.
    • Validation of input dates.
    • Works on Python 3.7+ with zero dependencies.
    • Thoroughly tested with 100% test coverage.

    Limitations

    • The date range supported by converter is limited to the period from the beginning of 1343 AH (1 August 1924 CE) to the end of 1500 AH (16 November 2077 CE).
    • The conversion is not intended for religious purposes where sighting of the lunar crescent at the beginning of Hijri month is still preferred.

    Installation

    To install using pip, run:

    pip install hijri-converter
    

    To install using conda, run:

    conda install -c conda-forge hijri-converter
    

    Basic Usage

    from hijri_converter import Hijri, Gregorian
    
    
    # Convert a Hijri date to Gregorian
    g = Hijri(1403, 2, 17).to_gregorian()
    
    # Convert a Gregorian date to Hijri
    h = Gregorian(1982, 12, 2).to_hijri()
    

    Documentation

    Please see https://hijri-converter.readthedocs.io for full documentation of this package, including background, benchmarking, usage examples and API reference.

    License

    This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.

    Acknowledgements

    • R.H. van Gent — inspiration, scientific guidance and resources.
    • @AZalshehri7 — support in dates review and conversion accuracy verification.