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How can I obtain the current Hebrew month programically?

lansell6563 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1

I have a C++ program that given the correct Hebrew month, will be able to select the yartzheits occurring during that month.  So I would like my program to reach out and get the month.

Thanks,

Larry

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Enable the option to only show only "Candle lighting" without Havdalah

ofir2471 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1

Hi, I want to be able to show only "Candle lighting" without any other events

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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

When you customize your calendar, enter "0" (zero) in the Havdalah minutes past sundown box to disable Havdalah times.

https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal

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geonameid

hen 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1

how can I get the fully supported geonameid available list,
the dump file includes thousands of thousands of places, but not all of them return data when querying for Shabat times for example

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Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

Hebcal.com supports over 100,000 different GeoName IDs. These are world cities with a population of 1,000 or more. 


See cities1000.zip from https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/

If you download cities1000.zip it should match what we have on Hebcal.com

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    duplicate records in yartziet anniversary calendar

    mayer 3 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 1

    I just generated a yartziet anniversary calendar for 8 people. The downloaded file ( both csv & ics files) have near duplicate records for every actual event; one record contains a valarm block, the other one does not. a MAJOR bug.


    additional requests: 

    - ability to set the valarm early notification date/time value

    - ability to turn off the 'description' field in all vevent records

    - ability to set an alternate category for the vevents ( like 'Yarziet' instead of 'Personal' )

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    Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago

    Thanks for using the Hebcal Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar, and thanks for your feedback.


    The "duplicate" events you are seeing are the optional calendar reminders the day before each yahrzeit. This is not a bug, nor are they duplicate events. They are an optional reminder with an alarm to help users light candles the evening the Yahrzeit begins.


    If you don't want these day-before reminders, please simply uncheck the "Calendar reminder day before yahrzeit" box before downloading or subscribing to the calendar feed.

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    Arukh haShulchan Yomi - CSV used by Sefaria available

    micha berger 4 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 3 months ago 7

    Subject line basically says it all. If you want to add Arukh haShulchan Yomi to the list of daily learning programs that can be downloaded, I can share the CSV Sefaria started with, or similar data in your preferred format.

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    using an API function for Jerusalem calendar and I give a bad answer

    michel 4 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago 1

    Hello
    I need to get the current parahat name.I need both current parasha (for Israël and for Diaspora). 
    When I run :
    https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&tzid=Asia/Jerusalem
    I get this : 

    {"title":"Hebcal New York City December 2024","date":"2024-12-17T15:50:38.350Z","version":"5.8.3-3.2.0","location":{"title":"New York City, New York, USA","city":"New York City","tzid":"America/New_York","latitude":40.71427,"longitude":-74.00597,"cc":"US","country":"United States","elevation":57,"admin1":"New York","asciiname":"New York City","geo":"geoname","geonameid":5128581},"range":{"start":"2024-12-20","end":"2024-12-21"},"items":[{"title":"Candle lighting: 4:13pm","date":"2024-12-20T16:13:00-05:00","category":"candles","title_orig":"Candle lighting","hebrew":"הדלקת נרות","memo":"Parashat Vayeshev"},{"title":"Parashat Vayeshev","date":"2024-12-21","hdate":"20 Kislev 5785","category":"parashat","hebrew":"פרשת וישב","leyning":{"1":"Genesis 37:1-37:11","2":"Genesis 37:12-37:22","3":"Genesis 37:23-37:36","4":"Genesis 38:1-38:30","5":"Genesis 39:1-39:6","6":"Genesis 39:7-39:23","7":"Genesis 40:1-40:23","torah":"Genesis 37:1-40:23","haftarah":"Amos 2:6-3:8","maftir":"Genesis 40:20-40:23","triennial":{"1":"Genesis 39:1-39:6","2":"Genesis 39:7-39:10","3":"Genesis 39:11-39:18","4":"Genesis 39:19-39:23","5":"Genesis 40:1-40:8","6":"Genesis 40:9-40:15","7":"Genesis 40:16-40:23","maftir":"Genesis 40:20-40:23"}},"link":"https://hebcal.com/s/5785/9?us=js&um=api"},{"title":"Havdalah: 5:18pm","date":"2024-12-21T17:18:00-05:00","category":"havdalah","title_orig":"Havdalah","hebrew":"הבדלה"}]}

    Which is New York current Parasha.

    I have also tried with the url  :
    https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&tzid=Europe/Paris

    I get this : 

    {"title":"Hebcal New York City December 2024","date":"2024-12-17T15:50:38.350Z","version":"5.8.3-3.2.0","location":{"title":"New York City, New York, USA","city":"New York City","tzid":"America/New_York","latitude":40.71427,"longitude":-74.00597,"cc":"US","country":"United States","elevation":57,"admin1":"New York","asciiname":"New York City","geo":"geoname","geonameid":5128581},"range":{"start":"2024-12-20","end":"2024-12-21"},"items":[{"title":"Candle lighting: 4:13pm","date":"2024-12-20T16:13:00-05:00","category":"candles","title_orig":"Candle lighting","hebrew":"הדלקת נרות","memo":"Parashat Vayeshev"},{"title":"Parashat Vayeshev","date":"2024-12-21","hdate":"20 Kislev 5785","category":"parashat","hebrew":"פרשת וישב","leyning":{"1":"Genesis 37:1-37:11","2":"Genesis 37:12-37:22","3":"Genesis 37:23-37:36","4":"Genesis 38:1-38:30","5":"Genesis 39:1-39:6","6":"Genesis 39:7-39:23","7":"Genesis 40:1-40:23","torah":"Genesis 37:1-40:23","haftarah":"Amos 2:6-3:8","maftir":"Genesis 40:20-40:23","triennial":{"1":"Genesis 39:1-39:6","2":"Genesis 39:7-39:10","3":"Genesis 39:11-39:18","4":"Genesis 39:19-39:23","5":"Genesis 40:1-40:8","6":"Genesis 40:9-40:15","7":"Genesis 40:16-40:23","maftir":"Genesis 40:20-40:23"}},"link":"https://hebcal.com/s/5785/9?us=js&um=api"},{"title":"Havdalah: 5:18pm","date":"2024-12-21T17:18:00-05:00","category":"havdalah","title_orig":"Havdalah","hebrew":"הבדלה"}]}

    Which is also New York current Parasha

    for Paris it's not a problem as New York and Paris have the same parachiot order. But in Israel, after Pessa'h or Souccoth, there may be a difference following the Hag is only one day ?

    How can I get the true parasha for Israel ?

    In advane thank you for your explanations

    best regards

    Michel Rottenberg

    Answer
    Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago

    Hi, thanks for using the Hebcal APIs


    The basic URL format is as follows:

    https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?cfg=json&geonameid=3448439&M=on

    You must specify a location for candle-lighting times:

    • geo=geoname – location specified by GeoNames.org numeric ID
      • requires additional parameter geonameid=3448439
      • Hebcal.com supports over 100,000 different GeoNames IDs. These are world cities with a population of 1,000 or more. See cities1000.zip from https://download.geonames.org/export

    If you pick the correct geonameid for a city in our database, you don't need to specify the tzid.

    You will find good documentation and examples at 

    https://www.hebcal.com/home/197/shabbat-times-rest-api

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    Tu b'av 5785 wrong date

    red 4 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 4 months ago 2
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    Cannot find the app on watch app store

    Aaron1214 5 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 months ago 2

    I got a new Apple Watch and iPhone and can’t find the app on either store. 

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    Michael J. Radwin 5 months ago

    thank you so much for your patience. The problem should be fixed now. You can find it by searching for Hebcal in the Apple App Store, or you can directly get it via this link.

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hebcal-hebrew-calendar/id1582733315

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    What was the Torah portion on October 24 1955

    Honey bee 5 months ago updated by Michael J. Radwin 5 months ago 1