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astroceleste_engine/
lib.rs

1//! astroceleste-engine: astrological chart calculation on JPL ephemerides.
2//!
3//! One implementation shared by the Astroceleste server (Python bindings), desktop and
4//! mobile apps (native) and the web app (WASM), so every platform computes identical charts.
5//!
6//! **Experimental (0.0.x):** the API may change in any release.
7//!
8//! ```no_run
9//! use astroceleste_engine::ephemeris::{Kernel, KernelSet, Spk};
10//! use astroceleste_engine::{calculate_chart, ChartRequest, UtcInstant};
11//!
12//! # fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
13//! // Kernels in preference order: the first one covering a date is used.
14//! let mut kernels = KernelSet::new();
15//! kernels.push(Kernel::new("de440s.bsp", Spk::open("kernels/de440s.bsp")?)?);
16//!
17//! let mut request = ChartRequest::new(UtcInstant::parse("1987-05-17T14:30:00Z")?, 41.9, 12.5);
18//! request.house_system = "P";
19//! request.zodiac_type = "sidereal";
20//! request.ayanamsa = "lahiri";
21//!
22//! let chart = calculate_chart(&kernels, &request)?;
23//! println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&chart)?);
24//! # Ok(())
25//! # }
26//! ```
27//!
28//! # Entry points
29//!
30//! | Function | Result |
31//! |---|---|
32//! | [`calculate_chart`] | a natal or event [`Chart`]: planets (the seven with their [`Condition`]), houses, aspects, fixed stars, lots, temperament, lunar status, sect, [`Reception`]s, antiscia, planetary hours |
33//! | [`calculate_horary_chart`] | the chart plus [`HoraryData`]: planetary hours, the Moon's aspects, strictures and the [`Judgment`] (significators, perfection, prohibition, translation, collection) |
34//! | [`calculate_transit_chart`] | the sky at a moment and place, with its [`CrossAspect`]s to natal planets |
35//! | [`calculate_synastry`] | cross-aspects between two charts' planets (no kernel needed) |
36//! | [`calculate_derived_chart`] | a stored chart turned to a new first house (no kernel needed) |
37//! | [`calculate_election_chart`] | the chart plus [`ElectionData`]: an electional score with the rules that apply |
38//! | [`search_elections`] | the best [`ElectionWindow`]s over a span of time at a place |
39//! | [`degree_qualities`] | Lilly's [`DegreeQualities`] of the degree a longitude falls in (no kernel needed) |
40//! | [`chart_dignities`] | a computed chart's [`Condition`]s and [`Reception`]s judged again under the Lilly or Dorothean scheme (no kernel needed) |
41//! | [`time_lords`] | the annual [`Profection`]s and [`Firdaria`] of a nativity over a span of time (no kernel needed) |
42//! | [`chinese_calendar`] | the [`ChineseCalendar`] around a moment: solar terms, lunar months, equation of time (also on a chart, with [`ChartRequest::chinese_calendar`]) |
43//! | [`bazi`] | the Four Pillars ([`Bazi`]) of a birth from its Chinese calendar: hidden stems, Ten Gods, NaYin, element balance, luck pillars (no kernel needed) |
44//!
45//! Every result implements [`serde::Serialize`] and serializes to the JSON of the
46//! Astroceleste API, with the same key order and the same integer vs float types. The
47//! Python and WebAssembly bindings return exactly that JSON.
48//!
49//! # Loading kernels
50//!
51//! Positions come from NASA JPL SPK kernels (`de440s.bsp` covers 1849–2150; DE441 covers
52//! 13200 BC–17191). A [`KernelSet`](ephemeris::KernelSet) holds them in preference order,
53//! and each date is computed with the first kernel that covers it. [`Spk::open`] reads a
54//! file. Where there is no file system (WebAssembly) or the kernel is bundled with an app,
55//! load the bytes and use [`Spk::from_bytes`]. [`Spk::excerpt`] cuts a smaller kernel for a
56//! date range, with positions unchanged inside it (1950–2050 of DE440s is about 11 MB).
57//!
58//! ```no_run
59//! use astroceleste_engine::ephemeris::{Kernel, KernelSet, Spk};
60//!
61//! # fn download(_: &str) -> Vec<u8> { Vec::new() }
62//! # fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
63//! let bytes: Vec<u8> = download("https://example.com/de440s-1950-2050.bsp");
64//! let mut kernels = KernelSet::new();
65//! kernels.push(Kernel::new("de440s-1950-2050.bsp", Spk::from_bytes(bytes)?)?);
66//! assert!(kernels.coverage().is_some());
67//! # Ok(())
68//! # }
69//! ```
70//!
71//! # Errors
72//!
73//! Calculations return [`EngineError`], whose [`code`](EngineError::code) is the stable
74//! error code of the Astroceleste API. A date that no loaded kernel covers is
75//! [`EngineError::OutOfRange`]: the engine never extrapolates or approximates.
76//!
77//! ```no_run
78//! # use astroceleste_engine::ephemeris::KernelSet;
79//! # use astroceleste_engine::{calculate_chart, ChartRequest, EngineError, UtcInstant};
80//! # fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
81//! # let kernels = KernelSet::new();
82//! let request = ChartRequest::new(UtcInstant::parse("1700-01-01T00:00:00Z")?, 41.9, 12.5);
83//! match calculate_chart(&kernels, &request) {
84//!     Ok(chart) => println!("{} planets", chart.planets.len()),
85//!     Err(EngineError::OutOfRange { jd, coverage }) => {
86//!         eprintln!("JD {jd} is outside the loaded kernels ({coverage:?})")
87//!     }
88//!     Err(err) => eprintln!("{}: {err}", err.code()),
89//! }
90//! # Ok(())
91//! # }
92//! ```
93//!
94//! # Platforms
95//!
96//! The crate is pure Rust with no C code, and depends only on `serde` and `serde_json`.
97//! It builds for servers and desktops, `wasm32-unknown-unknown`, Android and iOS. Python
98//! (`pip install astroceleste-engine`) and JavaScript (`npm install astroceleste-engine`)
99//! bindings are published from the same repository.
100//!
101//! # Further reading
102//!
103//! - [API guide](https://github.com/ffalcinelli/astroceleste-engine/blob/main/docs/api.md):
104//!   request options (house systems, ayanamsas, orb settings) and the chart JSON
105//! - [Ephemerides](https://github.com/ffalcinelli/astroceleste-engine/blob/main/docs/ephemerides.md):
106//!   kernels, coverage and excerpts
107//! - [Accuracy](https://github.com/ffalcinelli/astroceleste-engine/blob/main/docs/accuracy.md):
108//!   how results are verified against the reference implementation
109//! - [Live demo](https://ffalcinelli.github.io/astroceleste-engine/): this crate compiled
110//!   to WebAssembly, computing charts in your browser
111//!
112//! [`Spk::open`]: ephemeris::Spk::open
113//! [`Spk::from_bytes`]: ephemeris::Spk::from_bytes
114//! [`Spk::excerpt`]: ephemeris::Spk::excerpt
115
116mod almanac;
117mod aspects;
118mod catalog;
119mod chart;
120mod chinese;
121mod chiron;
122mod constants;
123mod degree_qualities;
124mod derived;
125mod dignities;
126mod election;
127pub mod ephemeris;
128mod error;
129mod fixed_stars;
130#[doc(hidden)] // exposed for the reduction tests; not part of the API
131pub mod frames;
132mod horary;
133mod houses;
134mod instant;
135mod judgment;
136mod lots;
137mod lunar;
138mod planets;
139mod pyfloat;
140mod symbolic;
141mod temperament;
142#[doc(hidden)] // exposed for the reduction tests; not part of the API
143pub mod time;
144mod time_lords;
145mod zodiac;
146
147pub use aspects::{Aspect, CrossAspect};
148pub use catalog::{DegreeRun, LunarMansion, SignDegrees};
149pub use chart::{calculate_chart, Chart, ChartRequest, HouseCusp, Placement};
150pub use chinese::bazi::{
151    bazi, Bazi, BaziOptions, ElementBalance, HiddenStem, Luck, LuckPillar, LunarDate, Pillar,
152    TermMoment,
153};
154pub use chinese::calendar::{chinese_calendar, ChineseCalendar, LunarMonth, SolarTerm};
155pub use degree_qualities::{degree_qualities, degree_quality_table, DegreeQualities};
156pub use derived::{
157    calculate_derived_chart, calculate_synastry, calculate_transit_chart, Synastry, TransitChart,
158};
159pub use dignities::{
160    chart_dignities, AntisciaContact, ChartDignities, Condition, DignityLords, DignityScheme,
161    EssentialDignity, PlanetCondition, Reception,
162};
163pub use election::{
164    calculate_election_chart, search_elections, CriteriaSummary, ElectionChart, ElectionCriteria,
165    ElectionData, ElectionFactor, ElectionSearch, ElectionWindow, Exclusions, HourRange,
166    NatalPoint, Purpose, UtcOffset, MAX_SEARCH_DAYS,
167};
168pub use error::EngineError;
169pub use fixed_stars::FixedStarPosition;
170pub use horary::{
171    calculate_horary_chart, ApplyingAspect, HoraryChart, HoraryData, MoonStatus, PlanetaryHours,
172    SeparatingAspect, Stricture,
173};
174pub use instant::{ParseError, UtcInstant};
175pub use judgment::{Collection, Judgment, Perfection, Prohibition, Refranation, Translation};
176pub use lots::Lot;
177pub use lunar::LunarStatus;
178pub use temperament::{Factor, Qualities, Scores, Temperament};
179pub use time_lords::{time_lords, Firdaria, Period, Profection, TimeLords};