Re: prayer time calculation

[Omar Abo-Namous <merlin12345 at gmx dot de>]

salam.

thnx nadim for the "tazkiya"... :)

i must say, it kinda drove me crazy yesterday.

I have another question concerning ITL:

Since hijri-date cannot be foretold perfectly exact, how does the ITL-library
cope with a mistake in propagation? Is there a function or a variable that sets
some decisionmarks??

salam.

Omar


On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:48:13 -0800 (PST), Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> --- Omar Abo-Namous <predator12345 at web dot de> wrote:
>> the equation of time is calculated correctly (graph seems to be right), but
>> the Solar Declination isn't. It seems to be right (the graph over one year
>> has the right geometry) but the values are totally wrong.
>
> The person that worked and coded all that up, Thamer, seems to have gone
> missing (ie. he's not reachable via email).  We do have a true astronomer
> amongst us that might help :-)  Youcef, could you please take a look and
> address Omar's question (I'm sure this is child's play for you).
>
>> Then i tried to set the Solar Declination statically from some other prayer
>> time calculation software (today: D=2.295833;). Still this way, i've a
>> problem with my prayer times: There are some Imaginary parts:
>>
>> Fajr:    11.7977 + 0.1449i
>> Shuruq:  11.7977 + 0.1549i
>> Dhuhr:   12.0071
>> Assr:    12.0798
>> Maghrib: 12.2166 - 0.1549i
>> Ishaa:   12.2166 - 0.1449i
>>
>> i thought perhaps some of the guys who are working on ITL could give me some
>> hints to what it could be?
>
> Salam and sorry for not being much help.
>
> - Nadim
>
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Omar Abo-Namous, merlin12345 at gmx dot de on 27.03.2004