Download Kalacakra Calendar

Kalacakra Calendar Software

In order to create your own calendars for any location, accurate through a period of approximately a couple of thousand years either side of the present day, download the calendar software, and follow the instructions below:

Click here (kcal.zip, 26th June 2005) in order to download the calendar software. Most recent version now includes seasonal names for the months, and eclipse information.

"KCAL.ZIP" needs to be unzipped, or decompressed, and it includes two files:

KCAL.EXE - this is the executable file for creating a calendar. This is a DOS program and needs to be run in a text, or DOS, window on a Windows PC. This is not Windows software, but it is compatible with the text mode, or command mode, of Windows systems.

GO2004.BAT - this is a sample batch file for running KCAL.EXE. This file contains just one line:

kcal uk2004.txt London,_UK 2004 -0.17

First is "kcal", the name of the software for creating the calendar. The next four items are parameters to be passed to the software. All four of these must be present, and there must be one space between each. If these parameters are not given correctly, the software will not operate properly.

The first parameter, "uk2004.txt" is the name of the plain text file that will be produced containing the calendar. The second parameter, "London,_UK" contains information that will be placed in the first line of the calendar, for the place for which the calendar is calculated. In this example, the first line of the calendar becomes:

Calendar for London, UK, and other places near longitude -0.17

Notice that the underscore in "London,_UK" is replaced by a space in the final calendar.

The next parameter, "2004", is the western year for which the calendar is to be calculated. This is used in the calculation, and also in the first line of the calendar.

The final parameter, "-0.17", is the longitude in degrees of the place for which the calendar is to be calculated. A negative number must be used for places west of Greenwich, and a positive number (the +sign is not needed) for places east of Greenwich. This value is used in the calculation and is also placed in the first line of the calendar.

Naturally, a batch file with many lines can be used to create several calendars in one run. For example, the first three lines of the batch file used to generate the calendars on this website are:

kcal sfous00.txt San_Francisco,_US 2000 -122.4
kcal chius00.txt Chicago,_US 2000 -87.65
kcal bostus00.txt Boston,_US 2000 -71.06

The most recent version of this software is dated 30th May 2005. Further versions will be placed here in due course, either to correct bugs in the software or to add new features.

However, click here (kcaltrue.zip, 5th September 2004) in order to download test calendar software using the true Sun for month definitions. It is not used to calculate the calendars on this site, but is given here for comparison purposes only.

E. Henning.

 Last updated 26th June 2005.

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