Uses of Package
net.time4j.calendar.astro
Package
Description
Support for various regional calendars.
Contains classes related to calendrical astronomy.
Support for the traditional Hindu calendar family.
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ClassDescriptionThe four astronomical seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter).Describes a celestial coordinate system which projects the earth equator and poles onto the celestial sphere using right ascension and declination in the reference frame J2000 as epoch.Describes a geographical position with latitude, longitude and optionally altitude.The Julian day is the Julian day number for the preceding noon plus the fraction of the day (counting 86400 seconds) since that instant.Contains various routines to determine times of some moon events like moonrise or moonset.Helper class to construct a new instance of
LunarTime
.Collects all moon presence data for a given calendar date and zone of observer.Enumeration of the four most important moon phases.Contains methods for calculating the position of the moon.Contains various routines to determine solar time.Helper class to construct a new instance ofSolarTime
.An SPI-interface representing a facade for the calculation engine regarding sunrise or sunset.Collects various data around sunrise and sunset.Enumeration of some standard calculators for solar time.Contains methods for calculating the position of the sun.Enumeration of various twilight definitions.Enumeration of the thirteen astronomical zodiac definitions.Represents the event when the sun or moon enters or exits a zodiac. -
ClassDescriptionDescribes a geographical position with latitude, longitude and optionally altitude.