{"categories":[{"label":"Libraries","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries/10"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Hebrew date information and Jewish prayer times (Zmanim) for any given Gregorian date and location, with support for multiple languages including Hebrew and English.","skillfed_tags":["hebrew-calendar","jewish-dates","zmanim"],"use_cases":["Display the Hebrew date and day of the week in a Jewish calendar or scheduling application.","Calculate prayer times (Zmanim) for a synagogue or religious organization's schedule.","Build a Hebrew calendar widget or integration for home automation or calendar software.","Convert between Gregorian and Hebrew dates for historical or genealogical research.","Provide multilingual Hebrew date output in applications serving Hebrew-speaking users."],"what_it_does":"hdate is a Python library that converts Gregorian dates to the Hebrew calendar and calculates Zmanim\u2014the precise times of Jewish prayer services and daily events based on solar position and location. It wraps the C library libhdate and serves as the backend for Home Assistant's Jewish Calendar integration.\n\nThe library takes a Gregorian date and a geographic location (latitude, longitude, timezone, elevation) and returns Hebrew date information in multiple languages plus detailed prayer times. It handles both the calendar conversion and astronomical calculations needed for accurate Zmanim, making it suitable for applications that need to display Hebrew dates or alert users to prayer times.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained, production-stable, has low install friction, and fills a specific niche for Hebrew date and Zmanim calculations. The copyleft GPL-3.0-or-later license requires careful review if you plan to distribute proprietary software, but is standard for this type of library. No known security vulnerabilities."},"id":"hdate","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/hdate","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/hdate.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/hdate/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-04-19","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"hdate","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Jewish/Hebrew date and Zmanim in native Python 2.7/3.x"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":81259,"position":14239,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.2.1"}