Thanks for using Hebcal! Sorry to hear that  you downloaded Hebcal events with the incorrect settings and want to switch from Hebrew event titles to English transliterations.

Our recommendation is to remove/unsubscribe the entire calendar, and then to download again.

Here are instructions to remove Hebcal events from Apple, Google, Outlook and other calendar apps.

https://www.hebcal.com/home/category/import/remove

Thanks so much for using Hebcal, and for the feedback.

We do offer a way to specify the candle-lighting times before sundown. The default is 18 but you can freely change this to 40 minutes for your location.

Thanks for the bug report, and we're so sorry for the inconvenience! The link should work now. We have been upgrading the software on the Hebcal website and we somehow missed this feature.

There are multiple traditions for Havdalah times. Hebcal gives you the option to specify whether you want tzeit hakochavim (sun 8.5 degrees below horizon, a default that works well in most locations on the planet) or a fixed number of minutes after sundown.

Some use 42 minutes after sunset for 3 small stars, 50 minutes for 3 medium stars, or 72 minutes for Rabbeinu Tam. You can choose any time you want. 

Hi Tzipora and Yaakov,

Thanks again for your patience and feedback.

Another update: after some additional research, we've come to the conclusion that the sunset algorithm we were using in the new version of Hebcal wasn't accurate enough. As of yesterday, we have swapped out the sunset engine for a version that matches what we previously published on Hebcal.com and most other sources (including OU).

Some of the Hebcal event feeds are cached up to 1 week, so subscriptions on Google Calendar, iPhone, etc might not refresh until next Sunday August 23.

Another update: after a bunch of research, we've come to the conclusion that the sunset algorithm we were using in the JavaScript version of Hebcal wasn't accurate enough. As of today, we have swapped it out for a version that although less-commonly used in the JS world, seems to match both the previous C version and most other sources.

Some of the Hebcal event feeds are cached up to 1 week, so subscriptions on Google Calendar, iPhone, etc might not refresh until next Sunday.

https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat?geonameid=5110302&M=off&m=72

Shabbat Times Brooklyn, New York, USA

• Rosh Chodesh Elul occurs on Thursday, 20 August 2020
• Rosh Chodesh Elul occurs on Friday, 21 August 2020
• Candle lighting: 7:26pm on Friday, 21 August 2020
• This week's Torah portion is Parashat Shoftim
• Havdalah (72 min): 8:55pm on Saturday, 22 August 2020

./hebcal -c --latitude 40,39 --longitude 73,56 --timezone America/New_York -m 72 | grep --context=2 '8/22/2020'

8/21/2020 Rosh Chodesh Elul

8/21/2020 Candle lighting: 7:26

8/22/2020 Havdalah (72 min): 8:55

8/28/2020 Candle lighting: 7:15

8/29/2020 Havdalah (72 min): 8:44

Thanks so much for the suggestion. No official Android app currently but we hope to make one in the coming year.

In the meantime, you can export Hebcal calendar events to Googld Calendar and then your Android device will see the events.

Update: we've ported the "round Havdalah times up to nearest minute" feature back to C. It's available in hebcal 4.21 and later.

./hebcal --version

Hebcal version 4.21

./hebcal -c --latitude 40,39 --longitude 73,56 --timezone America/New_York -m 72 | grep --context=2 '8/1/2020'

7/30/2020 Tish'a B'Av

7/31/2020 Candle lighting: 7:53

8/1/2020 Shabbat Nachamu

8/1/2020 Havdalah (72 min): 9:23

8/5/2020 Tu B'Av

8/7/2020 Candle lighting: 7:45

Hi, thanks for your patience!

We've finished our website upgrades and now the candle-lighting times are consistent across the website and the downloads/subscriptions in Google Calendar and other calendar apps that consume hebcal.com feeds. Calendar apps like Google or the iPhone tend to refresh calendar subscriptions approximately once a week, and it's now been long enough since we updated our servers that all calendar subscription feeds should be fully refreshed.

Thanks again for using Hebcal!