[INDOLOGY] online application for Hindu Calendar conversion (HIC)

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Thank you for this important development, Arlo and EFEO.  I have added a
link to the main INDOLOGY website (right side).

On Mon, 4 Sept 2023 at 21:54, Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
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> In addition to the excellent resource Pancanga (
> https://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~yanom/pancanga/) some of you may have use
> for the application HIC that we have just succeeded in translating from a
> standalone Java application to an online application in JavaScript.
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> See https://hic.efeo.fr/.
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> One of the nice features is that the system allows downloading diagrams
> showing the parameters of a given date. E.g., I just tested the date in a
> Badami Calukya inscription (
> https://erc-dharma.github.io/tfb-badamicalukya-epigraphy/workflow-output/html/CalE01-Makarappi-Pulakesin2.html)
> and get the attached diagram. The inscription mentions a solar eclipse
> which I believe I am able to identify as <
> https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsearch/SEsearchmap.php?Ecl=06120802>,
> just one day off from the reading generated by HIC. So we seem to have a
> pretty good match.
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> The application also has features that are useful only for people wishing
> to convert dates involving the 210-day cycle ('wuku') that is typical of
> Hindu dates on Java and Bali.
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> I am still working on releasing the source code through github.
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> The authors of the original program are advanced in age and not fully
> available to keep improving the application. I am neither a specialist of
> the relevant śāstra nor a JavaScript programmer but should there be useful
> feedback, I will try to discuss it with the authors and can try to have
> improvements implemented by the programmer.
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> Best wishes,
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> Arlo Griffiths
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