Kenat / ቀናት

A complete Ethiopian Calendar & Bahire Hasab toolkit for Python

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📌 Overview

Kenat (Amharic: ቀናት) is a powerful and authentic Ethiopian calendar library for Python. It offers full support for date conversion, holiday computation (including Bahire Hasab), localized formatting, Geez numerals, and more — all without external dependencies.

🚀 Ported from the original kenat JS library.

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✨ Features

• 🔄 Bidirectional Conversion: Ethiopian ↔ Gregorian calendars
• 📅 Full Holiday System: Christian, Muslim, cultural, and public holidays
• ⛪ Bahire Hasab: Accurate movable feast calculations (e.g. Fasika, Tsome Nebiyat)
• 🏷️ Holiday Filtering: Filter holidays by type (public, christian, muslim, etc.)
• 📆 Date Arithmetic: Add/subtract days, months, years (13-month calendar support)
• 🔠 Localized Formatting: Amharic and English support
• 🔢 Geez Numerals: Convert integers to ግዕዝ numeral strings
• ⏰ Ethiopian Time Support: 12-hour Ethiopian ↔ 24-hour Gregorian
• 🗓️ Calendar Grids: Monthly/yearly calendar generation

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🚀 Installation

Install the library from source:

pip install kenat

For development/testing:

pip install -e ".[test]"

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🟢 Quick Start

from kenat import Kenat

today = Kenat.now()

print(today.get_ethiopian())
# → {'year': 2017, 'month': 9, 'day': 26}

print(today.format({'lang': 'english', 'show_weekday': True}))
# → "Tuesday, Ginbot 26 2017"

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⛪ Bahire Hasab & Holiday System

Get All Holidays in a Year

from kenat import get_holidays_for_year

holidays = get_holidays_for_year(2017)

# Example: Find Fasika (Easter)
fasika = next(h for h in holidays if h['key'] == 'fasika')
print(fasika['ethiopian'])  # → {'year': 2017, 'month': 8, 'day': 21}

Filter Holidays by Type

from kenat import get_holidays_for_year, HolidayTags

# Public only
get_holidays_for_year(2017, filter_by=HolidayTags.PUBLIC)

# Christian and Muslim holidays
get_holidays_for_year(2017, filter_by=[HolidayTags.CHRISTIAN, HolidayTags.MUSLIM])

Check if a Date is a Holiday

from kenat import Kenat

meskel = Kenat("2017/1/17")
print(meskel.is_holiday())  # → [Holiday object]

non_holiday = Kenat("2017/1/18")
print(non_holiday.is_holiday())  # → []

Access Bahire Hasab Calculations

from kenat import Kenat

bh = Kenat("2017/1/1").get_bahire_hasab()

print(bh['evangelist'])  # → {'name': 'ማቴዎስ', 'remainder': 1}
print(bh['movableFeasts']['fasika']['ethiopian'])
# → {'year': 2017, 'month': 8, 'day': 21}

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➕ More API Examples

Date Arithmetic

from kenat import Kenat

date = Kenat("2017/2/10")
print(date.add(days=10))     # → Add days
print(date.add(months=-1))   # → Subtract a month

Date Difference

from kenat import Kenat

a = Kenat("2015/5/15")
b = Kenat("2012/5/15")

print((a - b).days)         # → 1095 days
print(a.diff_in_days(b))    # → 1095

Geez Numerals

from kenat import to_geez

print(to_geez(2017))  # → ፳፻፲፯

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🧱 Contributing

1. Fork & clone the repo
2. Create a new branch: git checkout -b feature/your-feature
3. Make your changes, add tests in /tests/
4. Run pytest to ensure everything passes
5. Submit a pull request 🚀

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👨‍💻 Author

Melaku Demeke GitHub: @MelakuDemeke

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contributors

📄 License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.