pyluach 2.3.0


pip install pyluach

  Latest version

Released: Sep 09, 2025


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Author: MS List
Requires Python: >=3.8

Classifiers

Development Status
  • 5 - Production/Stable

Intended Audience
  • Developers

Topic
  • Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules

License
  • OSI Approved :: MIT License

Programming Language
  • Python :: 3
  • Python :: 3 :: Only
  • Python :: 3.8
  • Python :: 3.9
  • Python :: 3.10
  • Python :: 3.11
  • Python :: 3.12
  • Python :: 3.13
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Pyluach is a Python package for dealing with Hebrew (Jewish) calendar dates.

Features

  • Conversion between Hebrew and Gregorian dates

  • Finding the difference between two dates

  • Finding a date at a given duration from the given date

  • Rich comparisons between dates

  • Finding the weekday of a given date

  • Finding the weekly Parsha reading of a given date

  • Getting the holiday occuring on a given date

  • Generating html and text Hebrew calendars

Installation

Use pip install pyluach.

Documentation

Documentation for pyluach can be found at https://readthedocs.org/projects/pyluach/.

Examples

>>> from pyluach import dates, hebrewcal, parshios

>>> today = dates.HebrewDate.today()
>>> lastweek_gregorian = (today - 7).to_greg()
>>> lastweek_gregorian < today
    True
>>> today - lastweek_gregorian
7
>>> greg = dates.GregorianDate(1986, 3, 21)
>>> heb = dates.HebrewDate(5746, 13, 10)
>>> greg == heb
True

>>> purim = dates.HebrewDate(5781, 12, 14)
>>> purim.hebrew_day()
'י״ד'
>>> purim.hebrew_date_string()
'י״ד אדר תשפ״א'
>>> purim.hebrew_date_string(True)
'י״ד אדר ה׳תשפ״א'

>>> rosh_hashana = dates.HebrewDate(5782, 7, 1)
>>> rosh_hashana.holiday()
'Rosh Hashana'
>>> rosh_hashana.holiday(hebrew=True)
'ראש השנה'
>>> (rosh_hashana + 3).holiday()
None

>>> month = hebrewcal.Month(5781, 10)
>>> month.month_name()
'Teves'
>>> month.month_name(True)
'טבת'
>>> month + 3
Month(5781, 1)
>>> for month in hebrewcal.Year(5774).itermonths():
...     print(month.month_name())
Tishrei Cheshvan ...

>>> date = dates.GregorianDate(2010, 10, 6)
>>> parshios.getparsha(date)
[0]
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(date, israel=True)
'Beraishis'
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(date, hebrew=True)
'בראשית'
>>> new_date = dates.GregorianDate(2021, 3, 10)
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(new_date)
'Vayakhel, Pekudei'
>>> parshios.getparsha_string(new_date, hebrew=True)
'ויקהל, פקודי'

Contact

For questions and comments please raise an issue in github or contact me at simlist@gmail.com.

License

Pyluach is licensed under the MIT license.

Wheel compatibility matrix

Platform Python 3
any

Files in release

Extras:
Dependencies: