diff lisp/calendar/holidays.el @ 0:376386a54a3c r19-14

Import from CVS: tag r19-14
author cvs
date Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:45:50 +0200
parents
children 0293115a14e9
line wrap: on
line diff
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lisp/calendar/holidays.el	Mon Aug 13 08:45:50 2007 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,629 @@
+;;; holidays.el --- holiday functions for the calendar package
+
+;;; Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Author: Edward M. Reingold <reingold@cs.uiuc.edu>
+;; Keywords: holidays, calendar
+
+;; This file is part of XEmacs.
+
+;; XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+;; General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with XEmacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+;; Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This collection of functions implements the holiday features as described
+;; in calendar.el.
+
+;; Comments, corrections, and improvements should be sent to
+;;  Edward M. Reingold               Department of Computer Science
+;;  (217) 333-6733                   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
+;;  reingold@cs.uiuc.edu             1304 West Springfield Avenue
+;;                                   Urbana, Illinois 61801
+
+;; Technical details of all the calendrical calculations can be found in
+;; ``Calendrical Calculations'' by Nachum Dershowitz and Edward M. Reingold,
+;; Software--Practice and Experience, Volume 20, Number 9 (September, 1990),
+;; pages 899-928.  ``Calendrical Calculations, Part II: Three Historical
+;; Calendars'' by E. M. Reingold,  N. Dershowitz, and S. M. Clamen,
+;; Software--Practice and Experience, Volume 23, Number 4 (April, 1993),
+;; pages 383-404.
+
+;; Hard copies of these two papers can be obtained by sending email to
+;; reingold@cs.uiuc.edu with the SUBJECT "send-paper-cal" (no quotes) and
+;; the message BODY containing your mailing address (snail).
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'calendar)
+
+(autoload 'solar-equinoxes-solstices "solar"
+  "Date and time of equinoxes and solstices, if visible in the calendar window.
+Requires floating point."
+  t)
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun holidays (&optional arg)
+  "Display the holidays for last month, this month, and next month.
+If called with an optional prefix argument, prompts for month and year.
+
+This function is suitable for execution in a .emacs file."
+  (interactive "P")
+  (save-excursion
+    (let* ((completion-ignore-case t)
+           (date (if arg
+                     (calendar-read-date t)
+                   (calendar-current-date)))
+           (displayed-month (extract-calendar-month date))
+           (displayed-year (extract-calendar-year date)))
+      (list-calendar-holidays))))
+
+(defun check-calendar-holidays (date)
+  "Check the list of holidays for any that occur on DATE.
+The value returned is a list of strings of relevant holiday descriptions.
+The holidays are those in the list calendar-holidays."
+  (let* ((displayed-month (extract-calendar-month date))
+         (displayed-year (extract-calendar-year date))
+         (h (calendar-holiday-list))
+         (holiday-list))
+    (while h
+      (if (calendar-date-equal date (car (car h)))
+          (setq holiday-list (append holiday-list (cdr (car h)))))
+      (setq h (cdr h)))
+    holiday-list))
+
+(defun calendar-cursor-holidays ()
+  "Find holidays for the date specified by the cursor in the calendar window."
+  (interactive)
+  (message "Checking holidays...")
+  (let* ((date (calendar-cursor-to-date t))
+         (date-string (calendar-date-string date))
+         (holiday-list (check-calendar-holidays date))
+         (holiday-string (mapconcat 'identity holiday-list ";  "))
+         (msg (format "%s:  %s" date-string holiday-string)))
+    (if (not holiday-list)
+        (message "No holidays known for %s" date-string)
+      (if (<= (length msg) (frame-width))
+          (message msg)
+        (set-buffer (get-buffer-create holiday-buffer))
+        (setq buffer-read-only nil)
+        (calendar-set-mode-line date-string)
+        (erase-buffer)
+        (insert (mapconcat 'identity holiday-list "\n"))
+        (goto-char (point-min))
+        (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
+        (setq buffer-read-only t)
+        (display-buffer holiday-buffer)
+        (message "Checking holidays...done")))))
+
+(defun mark-calendar-holidays ()
+  "Mark notable days in the calendar window."
+  (interactive)
+  (setq mark-holidays-in-calendar t)
+  (message "Marking holidays...")
+  (let ((holiday-list (calendar-holiday-list)))
+    (while holiday-list
+      (mark-visible-calendar-date
+       (car (car holiday-list)) calendar-holiday-marker)
+      (setq holiday-list (cdr holiday-list))))
+  (message "Marking holidays...done"))
+
+(defun list-calendar-holidays ()
+  "Create a buffer containing the holidays for the current calendar window.
+The holidays are those in the list calendar-notable-days.  Returns t if any
+holidays are found, nil if not."
+  (interactive)
+  (message "Looking up holidays...")
+  (let ((holiday-list (calendar-holiday-list))
+        (m1 displayed-month)
+        (y1 displayed-year)
+        (m2 displayed-month)
+        (y2 displayed-year))
+    (if (not holiday-list)
+        (progn
+          (message "Looking up holidays...none found")
+          nil)
+      (set-buffer (get-buffer-create holiday-buffer))
+      (setq buffer-read-only nil)
+      (increment-calendar-month m1 y1 -1)
+      (increment-calendar-month m2 y2 1)
+      (calendar-set-mode-line
+       (if (= y1 y2)
+           (format "Notable Dates from %s to %s, %d%%-"
+                   (calendar-month-name m1) (calendar-month-name m2) y2)
+         (format "Notable Dates from %s, %d to %s, %d%%-"
+                 (calendar-month-name m1) y1 (calendar-month-name m2) y2)))
+      (erase-buffer)
+      (insert
+       (mapconcat
+        '(lambda (x) (concat (calendar-date-string (car x))
+                             ": " (car (cdr x))))
+        holiday-list "\n"))
+      (goto-char (point-min))
+      (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
+      (setq buffer-read-only t)
+      (display-buffer holiday-buffer)
+      (message "Looking up holidays...done")
+      t)))
+
+(defun calendar-holiday-list ()
+  "Form the list of holidays that occur on dates in the calendar window.
+The holidays are those in the list calendar-holidays."
+  (let ((p calendar-holidays)
+        (holiday-list))
+    (while p
+      (let* ((holidays
+              (if calendar-debug-sexp
+                  (let ((stack-trace-on-error t))
+                    (eval (car p)))
+                (condition-case nil
+                    (eval (car p))
+                  (error (beep)
+                         (message "Bad holiday list item: %s" (car p))
+                         (sleep-for 2))))))
+        (if holidays
+            (setq holiday-list (append holidays holiday-list))))
+      (setq p (cdr p)))
+    (setq holiday-list (sort holiday-list 'calendar-date-compare))))
+
+;; Below are the functions that calculate the dates of holidays; these
+;; are eval'ed in the function calendar-holiday-list.  If you
+;; write other such functions, be sure to imitate the style used below.
+;; Remember that each function must return a list of items of the form
+;; ((month day year) string) of VISIBLE dates in the calendar window.
+
+(defun holiday-fixed (month day string)
+  "Holiday on MONTH, DAY (Gregorian) called STRING.
+If MONTH, DAY is visible, the value returned is the list (((MONTH DAY year)
+STRING)).  Returns nil if it is not visible in the current calendar window."
+  (let ((m displayed-month)
+        (y displayed-year))
+    (increment-calendar-month m y (- 11 month))
+    (if (> m 9)
+      (list (list (list month day y) string)))))
+
+(defun holiday-float (month dayname n string &optional day)
+  "Holiday on MONTH, DAYNAME (Nth occurrence, Gregorian) called STRING.
+If the Nth DAYNAME in MONTH is visible, the value returned is the list
+\(((MONTH DAY year) STRING)).
+
+If N<0, count backward from the end of MONTH.
+
+An optional parameter DAY means the Nth DAYNAME after/before MONTH DAY.
+
+Returns nil if it is not visible in the current calendar window."
+  (let ((m displayed-month)
+        (y displayed-year))
+    (increment-calendar-month m y (- 11 month))
+    (if (> m 9)
+      (list (list (calendar-nth-named-day n dayname month y day) string)))))
+
+(defun holiday-julian (month day string)
+  "Holiday on MONTH, DAY  (Julian) called STRING.
+If MONTH, DAY (Julian) is visible, the value returned is corresponding
+Gregorian date in the form of the list (((month day year) STRING)).  Returns
+nil if it is not visible in the current calendar window."
+  (let ((m1 displayed-month)
+        (y1 displayed-year)
+        (m2 displayed-month)
+        (y2 displayed-year)
+        (year))
+    (increment-calendar-month m1 y1 -1)
+    (increment-calendar-month m2 y2 1)
+    (let* ((start-date (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+                        (list m1 1 y1)))
+           (end-date (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+                      (list m2 (calendar-last-day-of-month m2 y2) y2)))
+           (julian-start (calendar-julian-from-absolute start-date))
+           (julian-end (calendar-julian-from-absolute end-date))
+           (julian-y1 (extract-calendar-year julian-start))
+           (julian-y2 (extract-calendar-year julian-end)))
+      (setq year (if (< 10 month) julian-y1 julian-y2))
+      (let ((date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                   (calendar-absolute-from-julian
+                    (list month day year)))))
+        (if (calendar-date-is-visible-p date)
+            (list (list date string)))))))
+
+(defun holiday-islamic (month day string)
+  "Holiday on MONTH, DAY (Islamic) called STRING.
+If MONTH, DAY (Islamic) is visible, the value returned is corresponding
+Gregorian date in the form of the list (((month day year) STRING)).  Returns
+nil if it is not visible in the current calendar window."
+  (let* ((islamic-date (calendar-islamic-from-absolute
+                        (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+                         (list displayed-month 15 displayed-year))))
+         (m (extract-calendar-month islamic-date))
+         (y (extract-calendar-year islamic-date))
+        (date))
+    (if (< m 1)
+        nil;;   Islamic calendar doesn't apply.
+      (increment-calendar-month m y (- 10 month))
+      (if (> m 7);;  Islamic date might be visible
+          (let ((date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                       (calendar-absolute-from-islamic (list month day y)))))
+            (if (calendar-date-is-visible-p date)
+                (list (list date string))))))))
+
+(defun holiday-hebrew (month day string)
+  "Holiday on MONTH, DAY (Hebrew) called STRING.
+If MONTH, DAY (Hebrew) is visible, the value returned is corresponding
+Gregorian date in the form of the list (((month day year) STRING)).  Returns
+nil if it is not visible in the current calendar window."
+  (if (memq displayed-month;;  This test is only to speed things up a bit;
+            (list          ;;  it works fine without the test too.
+             (if (< 11 month) (- month 11) (+ month 1))
+             (if (< 10 month) (- month 10) (+ month 2))
+             (if (<  9 month) (- month  9) (+ month 3))
+             (if (<  8 month) (- month  8) (+ month 4))
+             (if (<  7 month) (- month  7) (+ month 5))))
+      (let ((m1 displayed-month)
+            (y1 displayed-year)
+            (m2 displayed-month)
+            (y2 displayed-year)
+            (year))
+        (increment-calendar-month m1 y1 -1)
+        (increment-calendar-month m2 y2 1)
+        (let* ((start-date (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+                            (list m1 1 y1)))
+               (end-date (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+                          (list m2 (calendar-last-day-of-month m2 y2) y2)))
+               (hebrew-start (calendar-hebrew-from-absolute start-date))
+               (hebrew-end (calendar-hebrew-from-absolute end-date))
+               (hebrew-y1 (extract-calendar-year hebrew-start))
+               (hebrew-y2 (extract-calendar-year hebrew-end)))
+          (setq year (if (< 6 month) hebrew-y2 hebrew-y1))
+          (let ((date (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                       (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew
+                        (list month day year)))))
+            (if (calendar-date-is-visible-p date)
+                (list (list date string))))))))
+
+(defun holiday-sexp (sexp string)
+  "Sexp holiday for dates in the calendar window.
+SEXP is an expression in variable `year' evaluates to `date'.
+
+STRING is an expression in `date' that evaluates to the holiday description
+of `date'.
+
+If `date' is visible in the calendar window, the holiday STRING is on that
+date.  If date is nil, or if the date is not visible, there is no holiday."
+  (let ((m displayed-month)
+        (y displayed-year))
+    (increment-calendar-month m y -1)
+    (filter-visible-calendar-holidays
+     (append
+      (let* ((year y)
+             (date (eval sexp))
+             (string (if date (eval string))))
+        (list (list date string)))
+      (let* ((year (1+ y))
+             (date (eval sexp))
+             (string (if date (eval string))))
+        (list (list date string)))))))
+
+(defun holiday-advent ()
+  "Date of Advent, if visible in calendar window."
+  (let ((year displayed-year)
+        (month displayed-month))
+    (increment-calendar-month month year -1)
+    (let ((advent (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                   (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 0
+                    (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+                     (list 12 3 year))))))
+      (if (calendar-date-is-visible-p advent)
+          (list (list advent "Advent"))))))
+
+(defun holiday-easter-etc ()
+  "List of dates related to Easter, as visible in calendar window."
+ (if (and (> displayed-month 5) (not all-christian-calendar-holidays))
+     nil;; Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Easter are not visible.
+   (let* ((century (1+ (/ displayed-year 100)))
+          (shifted-epact        ;; Age of moon for April 5...
+           (% (+ 14 (* 11 (% displayed-year 19));;     ...by Nicaean rule
+                 (-           ;; ...corrected for the Gregorian century rule
+                  (/ (* 3 century) 4))
+                 (/    ;; ...corrected for Metonic cycle inaccuracy.
+                  (+ 5 (* 8 century)) 25)
+                 (* 30 century));;              Keeps value positive.
+              30))
+          (adjusted-epact       ;;  Adjust for 29.5 day month.
+           (if (or (= shifted-epact 0)
+                   (and (= shifted-epact 1) (< 10 (% displayed-year 19))))
+               (1+ shifted-epact)
+             shifted-epact))
+          (paschal-moon       ;; Day after the full moon on or after March 21.
+           (- (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian (list 4 19 displayed-year))
+              adjusted-epact))
+          (abs-easter (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 0 (+ paschal-moon 7)))
+          (mandatory
+           (list
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute abs-easter)
+                  "Easter Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 2))
+                  "Good Friday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 46))
+                  "Ash Wednesday")))
+          (optional
+           (list
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 63))
+                  "Septuagesima Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 56))
+                  "Sexagesima Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 49))
+                  "Shrove Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 48))
+                  "Shrove Monday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 47))
+                  "Shrove Tuesday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 14))
+                  "Passion Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 7))
+                  "Palm Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-easter 3))
+                  "Maundy Thursday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-easter 35))
+                  "Rogation Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-easter 39))
+                  "Ascension Day")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-easter 49))
+                  "Pentecost (Whitsunday)")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-easter 50))
+                  "Whitmunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-easter 56))
+                  "Trinity Sunday")
+            (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-easter 60))
+                  "Corpus Christi")))
+          (output-list
+           (filter-visible-calendar-holidays mandatory)))
+     (if all-christian-calendar-holidays
+         (setq output-list
+               (append 
+                (filter-visible-calendar-holidays optional)
+                output-list)))
+     output-list)))
+
+(defun holiday-greek-orthodox-easter ()
+  "Date of Easter according to the rule of the Council of Nicaea."
+  (let ((m displayed-month)
+        (y displayed-year))
+    (increment-calendar-month m y 1)
+    (let* ((julian-year
+            (extract-calendar-year
+             (calendar-julian-from-absolute
+              (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+               (list m (calendar-last-day-of-month m y) y)))))
+           (shifted-epact ;; Age of moon for April 5.
+            (% (+ 14
+                  (* 11 (% julian-year 19)))
+               30))
+           (paschal-moon  ;; Day after full moon on or after March 21.
+            (- (calendar-absolute-from-julian (list 4 19 julian-year))
+               shifted-epact))
+           (nicaean-easter;; Sunday following the Paschal moon
+            (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+             (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 0 (+ paschal-moon 7)))))
+      (if (calendar-date-is-visible-p nicaean-easter)
+          (list (list nicaean-easter "Pascha (Greek Orthodox Easter)"))))))
+
+(defun holiday-rosh-hashanah-etc ()
+  "List of dates related to Rosh Hashanah, as visible in calendar window."
+  (if (or (< displayed-month 8)
+          (> displayed-month 11))
+      nil;; None of the dates is visible
+    (let* ((abs-r-h (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew
+                      (list 7 1 (+ displayed-year 3761))))
+            (mandatory
+             (list
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute abs-r-h)
+                    (format "Rosh HaShanah %d" (+ 3761 displayed-year)))
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 9))
+                    "Yom Kippur")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 14))
+                    "Sukkot")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 21))
+                    "Shemini Atzeret")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 22))
+                    "Simchat Torah")))
+           (optional
+            (list 
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (- abs-r-h 4)))
+                   "Selichot (night)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1- abs-r-h))
+                   "Erev Rosh HaShannah")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1+ abs-r-h))
+                   "Rosh HaShanah (second day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (if (= (% abs-r-h 7) 4) (+ abs-r-h 3) (+ abs-r-h 2)))
+                   "Tzom Gedaliah")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (+ 7 abs-r-h)))
+                   "Shabbat Shuvah")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 8))
+                   "Erev Yom Kippur")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 13))
+                   "Erev Sukkot")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 15))
+                   "Sukkot (second day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 16))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Sukkot (first day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 17))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Sukkot (second day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 18))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Sukkot (third day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 19))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Sukkot (fourth day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-r-h 20))
+                   "Hoshannah Rabbah")))
+            (output-list
+             (filter-visible-calendar-holidays mandatory)))
+      (if all-hebrew-calendar-holidays
+          (setq output-list
+                (append 
+                 (filter-visible-calendar-holidays optional)
+                 output-list)))
+      output-list)))
+
+(defun holiday-hanukkah ()
+  "List of dates related to Hanukkah, as visible in calendar window."
+    (if (memq displayed-month;;  This test is only to speed things up a bit;
+              '(10 11 12 1 2));; it works fine without the test too.
+        (let ((m displayed-month)
+              (y displayed-year))
+          (increment-calendar-month m y 1)
+          (let* ((h-y (extract-calendar-year
+                         (calendar-hebrew-from-absolute
+                          (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian
+                           (list m (calendar-last-day-of-month m y) y)))))
+                 (abs-h (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew (list 9 25 h-y))))
+            (filter-visible-calendar-holidays
+             (list
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1- abs-h))
+                    "Erev Hanukkah")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute abs-h)
+                    "Hanukkah (first day)")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1+ abs-h))
+                    "Hanukkah (second day)")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-h 2))
+                    "Hanukkah (third day)")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-h 3))
+                    "Hanukkah (fourth day)")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-h 4))
+                    "Hanukkah (fifth day)")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-h 5))
+                    "Hanukkah (sixth day)")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-h 6))
+                    "Hanukkah (seventh day)")
+              (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-h 7))
+                    "Hanukkah (eighth day)")))))))
+
+(defun holiday-passover-etc ()
+  "List of dates related to Passover, as visible in calendar window."
+ (if (< 7 displayed-month)
+      nil;; None of the dates is visible
+    (let* ((abs-p (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew
+                      (list 1 15 (+ displayed-year 3760))))
+           (mandatory
+            (list
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute abs-p)
+                   "Passover")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 50))
+                   "Shavuot")))
+           (optional
+            (list 
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (- abs-p 43)))
+                   "Shabbat Shekalim")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (- abs-p 30)))
+                   "Shabbat Zachor")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (if (= (% abs-p 7) 2) (- abs-p 33) (- abs-p 31)))
+                   "Fast of Esther")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-p 31))
+                   "Erev Purim")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (- abs-p 30))
+                   "Purim")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (if (zerop (% abs-p 7)) (- abs-p 28) (- abs-p 29)))
+                   "Shushan Purim")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (- (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (- abs-p 14)) 7))
+                   "Shabbat Parah")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (- abs-p 14)))
+                   "Shabbat HaHodesh")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (1- abs-p)))
+                   "Shabbat HaGadol")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1- abs-p))
+                   "Erev Passover")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (1+ abs-p))
+                   "Passover (second day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 2))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Passover (first day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 3))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Passover (second day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 4))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Passover (third day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 5))
+                   "Hol Hamoed Passover (fourth day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 6))
+                   "Passover (seventh day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 7))
+                   "Passover (eighth day)")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 12))
+                   "Yom HaShoah")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+                    (if (zerop (% abs-p 7))
+                        (+ abs-p 18)
+                      (if (= (% abs-p 7) 6)
+                          (+ abs-p 19)
+                        (+ abs-p 20))))
+                   "Yom HaAtzma'ut")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 33))
+                   "Lag BaOmer")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 43))
+                   "Yom Yerushalim")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 49))
+                   "Erev Shavuot")
+             (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ abs-p 51))
+                   "Shavuot (second day)")))
+           (output-list
+             (filter-visible-calendar-holidays mandatory)))
+      (if all-hebrew-calendar-holidays
+          (setq output-list
+                (append 
+                 (filter-visible-calendar-holidays optional)
+                 output-list)))
+      output-list)))
+
+(defun holiday-tisha-b-av-etc ()
+  "List of dates around Tisha B'Av, as visible in calendar window."
+  (if (or (< displayed-month 5)
+          (> displayed-month 9))
+      nil;; None of the dates is visible
+    (let* ((abs-t-a (calendar-absolute-from-hebrew
+                      (list 5 9 (+ displayed-year 3760)))))
+
+      (filter-visible-calendar-holidays
+       (list 
+        (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+               (if (= (% abs-t-a 7) 6) (- abs-t-a 20) (- abs-t-a 21)))
+              "Tzom Tammuz")
+        (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+               (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 abs-t-a))
+              "Shabbat Hazon")
+        (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+               (if (= (% abs-t-a 7) 6) (1+ abs-t-a) abs-t-a))
+              "Tisha B'Av")
+        (list (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute
+               (calendar-dayname-on-or-before 6 (+ abs-t-a 7)))
+              "Shabbat Nahamu"))))))
+
+(defun filter-visible-calendar-holidays (l)
+  "Return a list of all visible holidays of those on L."
+  (let ((visible)
+        (p l))
+    (while p
+      (and (car (car p))
+           (calendar-date-is-visible-p (car (car p)))
+           (setq visible (append (list (car p)) visible)))
+      (setq p (cdr p)))
+    visible))
+
+(provide 'holidays)
+
+;;; holidays.el ends here