net.time4j.calendar.hindu

Enum HinduRule

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<HinduRule>

net.time4j.calendar.hindu.HinduRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<HinduRule>

public enum HinduRule
extends Enum<HinduRule>

The Hindu calendar variants use a set of different algorithmic rules how to determine the start of solar month in relation to the zodiacal position of the sun (samkranti).

The rule also affects the naming of solar months. For example: Madras and the Malayali-rule prefer rasi names.

Since:

5.6

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
AMANTA The amanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the new moon cycle and starting the year with the month Chaitra.
AMANTA_ASHADHA This special amanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the new moon cycle and starting the year with the month Ashadha.
AMANTA_KARTIKA This special amanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the new moon cycle and starting the year with the month Kartika.
MADRAS A solar calendar which uses midnight at end of current day as critical time.
MALAYALI A solar calendar which uses the seasonal time of 12 minutes after 1 PM which corresponds to 3/5 th of the time period between sunrise and sunset in this definition.
ORISSA A solar calendar which uses the sunrise of following morning as critical time.
PURNIMANTA The purnimanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the full moon cycle.
TAMIL A solar calendar which uses the sunset of current day as critical time.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static HinduRule	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static HinduRule[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
HinduVariant	variant() Creates the associated and customizable variant of Hindu calendar.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

ORISSA

public static final HinduRule ORISSA

A solar calendar which uses the sunrise of following morning as critical time.

The default era is SAKA.

TAMIL

public static final HinduRule TAMIL

A solar calendar which uses the sunset of current day as critical time.

Mainly used in Tamil Nadu region. The default era is SAKA.

MALAYALI

public static final HinduRule MALAYALI

A solar calendar which uses the seasonal time of 12 minutes after 1 PM which corresponds to 3/5 th of the time period between sunrise and sunset in this definition.

Mainly used in Kerala region. The default era is KOLLAM. The months usually use rasi names unless the format attribute HinduMonth.RASI_NAMES is used together with the format class ChronoFormatter.

MADRAS

public static final HinduRule MADRAS

A solar calendar which uses midnight at end of current day as critical time.

Mainly used in Madras (Chennai). The default era is SAKA. The month names are handled in a similar way to the Malayali rule.

AMANTA

public static final HinduRule AMANTA

The amanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the new moon cycle and starting the year with the month Chaitra.

The default era is HinduEra.VIKRAMA. Used mainly in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra pradesh, Telangana, and West Bengal. Gujarat uses special Amanta-versions which differs in when the year starts.

See Also:

AMANTA_ASHADHA, AMANTA_KARTIKA

AMANTA_ASHADHA

public static final HinduRule AMANTA_ASHADHA

This special amanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the new moon cycle and starting the year with the month Ashadha.

The default era is HinduEra.VIKRAMA. Used in some parts of Gujarat.

See Also:

AMANTA_KARTIKA

AMANTA_KARTIKA

public static final HinduRule AMANTA_KARTIKA

This special amanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the new moon cycle and starting the year with the month Kartika.

The default era is HinduEra.VIKRAMA. Used in Gujarat.

See Also:

AMANTA_ASHADHA

PURNIMANTA

public static final HinduRule PURNIMANTA

The purnimanta scheme is a lunisolar calendar based on the full moon cycle.

It is shifted for about two weeks compared with the amanta scheme. The first days (in the waning fortnight) from full moon to new moon have the numbers 16, 17, ..., 30 and then the numbers 1, 2, ..., 15 (waxing fortnight). Lost days and leap days are possible so users cannot expect continuous numbering sequences.

Method Detail

values

public static HinduRule[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (HinduRule c : HinduRule.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static HinduRule valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

variant

public HinduVariant variant()

Creates the associated and customizable variant of Hindu calendar.

Returns:

HinduVariant