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+#  holidays
+#  --------
+#  A fast, efficient Python library for generating country, province and state
+#  specific sets of holidays on the fly. It aims to make determining whether a
+#  specific date is a holiday as fast and flexible as possible.
+#
+#  Authors: Vacanza Team and individual contributors (see CONTRIBUTORS file)
+#           dr-prodigy <dr.prodigy.github@gmail.com> (c) 2017-2023
+#           ryanss <ryanssdev@icloud.com> (c) 2014-2017
+#  Website: https://github.com/vacanza/holidays
+#  License: MIT (see LICENSE file)
+
+"""
+Astronomical calculations for the Sinhala lunisolar calendar.
+
+This module computes astronomical new moons, full moons, sidereal solar
+longitude using the Lahiri ayanamsha, Sinhala lunar month assignment,
+and generates astronomical Poya observations.
+"""
+
+from datetime import timedelta, timezone
+
+from skyfield import almanac
+from skyfield.api import Star, load, wgs84
+from skyfield.data import hipparcos
+
+ts = load.timescale()
+eph = load("de440s.bsp")
+
+earth = eph["earth"]
+sun = eph["sun"]
+moon = eph["moon"]
+
+with load.open(hipparcos.URL) as f:
+    stars = hipparcos.load_dataframe(f)
+
+SPICA = Star.from_dataframe(stars.loc[65474])
+
+SL_TIMEZONE = timezone(timedelta(hours=5, minutes=30))
+
+NEW_MOON_SEARCH_DAYS = 40
+FULL_MOON_OFFSET_DAYS = 20
+
+UJJAIN = wgs84.latlon(
+    latitude_degrees=23.15,
+    longitude_degrees=75.7683,
+)
+
+SINHALA_MONTHS = {
+    0: "Vesak",  # Aries (Mesha)
+    1: "Poson",  # Taurus (Vrishabha)
+    2: "Esala",  # Gemini (Mithuna)
+    3: "Nikini",  # Cancer (Karka)
+    4: "Binara",  # Leo (Simha)
+    5: "Vap",  # Virgo (Kanya)
+    6: "Ill",  # Libra (Tula)
+    7: "Uduvap",  # Scorpio (Vrischika)
+    8: "Duruthu",  # Sagittarius (Dhanu)
+    9: "Navam",  # Capricorn (Makara)
+    10: "Madin",  # Aquarius (Kumbha)
+    11: "Bak",  # Pisces (Mina)
+}
+
+
+def lahiri_ayanamsha(ts_time):
+
+    _, longitude, _ = earth.at(ts_time).observe(SPICA).apparent().ecliptic_latlon("date")
+    return (longitude.degrees - 180.0) % 360.0
+
+
+def sidereal_longitude(body, ts_time):
+
+    _, tropical_longitude, _ = earth.at(ts_time).observe(body).apparent().ecliptic_latlon("date")
+    return (tropical_longitude.degrees - lahiri_ayanamsha(ts_time)) % 360
+
+
+def sidereal_sign(ts_time):
+
+    longitude = sidereal_longitude(sun, ts_time)
+    return int(longitude // 30), longitude
+
+
+def lunar_phase(ts_time):
+
+    sun_long = sidereal_longitude(sun, ts_time)
+    moon_long = sidereal_longitude(moon, ts_time)
+    return (
+        (moon_long - sun_long) % 360,
+        sun_long,
+        moon_long,
+    )
+
+
+def tithi(phase):
+
+    return int(phase // 12) + 1
+
+
+def find_surrounding_new_moons(sunrise):
+
+    search_start = ts.tt_jd(sunrise.tt - NEW_MOON_SEARCH_DAYS)
+    search_end = ts.tt_jd(sunrise.tt + NEW_MOON_SEARCH_DAYS)
+
+    times, phases = almanac.find_discrete(
+        search_start,
+        search_end,
+        almanac.moon_phases(eph),
+    )
+
+    prev_new_moon = None
+    next_new_moon = None
+
+    for t, moon_phase in zip(times, phases):
+        if moon_phase != 0:
+            continue
+
+        if t.tt <= sunrise.tt:
+            prev_new_moon = t
+            continue
+
+        if next_new_moon is None:
+            next_new_moon = t
+
+    return prev_new_moon, next_new_moon
+
+
+def get_sunrise(target_date):
+
+    start = ts.utc(
+        target_date.year,
+        target_date.month,
+        target_date.day,
+    )
+    end = ts.tt_jd(start.tt + 1)
+
+    sunrise_fn = almanac.sunrise_sunset(eph, UJJAIN)
+    times, events = almanac.find_discrete(start, end, sunrise_fn)
+
+    for t, event in zip(times, events):
+        if event == 1:
+            return t
+
+    raise RuntimeError(f"No sunrise found for {target_date}")
+
+
+def get_month_info(target_date):
+
+    sunrise = get_sunrise(target_date)
+    prev_new_moon, next_new_moon = find_surrounding_new_moons(sunrise)
+
+    prev_sign, _ = sidereal_sign(prev_new_moon)
+    next_sign, _ = sidereal_sign(next_new_moon)
+    phase, _, _ = lunar_phase(sunrise)
+
+    return {
+        "month": SINHALA_MONTHS[prev_sign],
+        "leap_month": prev_sign == next_sign,
+        "tithi": tithi(phase),
+        "previous_sign": prev_sign,
+        "next_sign": next_sign,
+        "previous_new_moon": prev_new_moon.utc_datetime(),
+        "next_new_moon": next_new_moon.utc_datetime(),
+    }
+
+
+def get_fullmoon_month(target_date):
+
+    month_info = get_month_info(target_date)
+
+    if month_info["tithi"] < 16:
+        return month_info["month"]
+
+    future_date = target_date + timedelta(days=FULL_MOON_OFFSET_DAYS)
+    future_month_info = get_month_info(future_date)
+
+    return future_month_info["month"]
+
+
+def find_full_moons(year):
+
+    start = ts.utc(year, 1, 1)
+    end = ts.utc(year + 1, 1, 1)
+
+    times, phases = almanac.find_discrete(
+        start,
+        end,
+        almanac.moon_phases(eph),
+    )
+
+    full_moons = []
+
+    for t, phase in zip(times, phases):
+        if phase == 2:
+            full_moons.append(t)
+
+    return full_moons
+
+
+def generate_poya_dates(year):
+    """
+    Generate astronomical Poya observations for a Gregorian year.
+
+    The returned civil date is the Sri Lanka local date containing the
+    astronomical full moon. Sinhala month assignment is determined using
+    ``get_fullmoon_month()``.
+    """
+
+    poya_dates = []
+
+    for full_moon in find_full_moons(year):
+        local_datetime = full_moon.utc_datetime().astimezone(SL_TIMEZONE)
+
+        poya_dates.append(
+            {
+                "date": local_datetime.date(),
+                "month": get_fullmoon_month(local_datetime.date()),
+                "full_moon": local_datetime,
+            }
+        )
+
+    return poya_dates