Civil Date PHP Package

VernalEquinoxCalculator
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Provides vernal-equinox Julian Days for supported Gregorian years.

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Constants

MAX_SUPPORTED_YEAR  : int = 3000
Maximum supported Gregorian calendar year.
MIN_SUPPORTED_YEAR  : int = -1001
Minimum supported Gregorian calendar year.

Methods

julianDay()  : float
Calculates the Julian Day of the vernal equinox for a given Gregorian calendar year.

Constants

Methods

julianDay()

Calculates the Julian Day of the vernal equinox for a given Gregorian calendar year.

public static julianDay(int $gregorianYear) : float
Parameters
$gregorianYear : int

Gregorian calendar year for which to calculate the vernal equinox.

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throws
InvalidArgumentException

If the year is zero or outside the supported range.

Return values
float —

Julian Day of the equinox.

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