Java Calculate Orthodox Easter Date
Today I wondered if there is an algorithm to calculate the date of Orthodox Easter. After some searching in the web I found the algorithm and converted it to Java code.
/**
* @param myear
* the year of which we want to get the Orthodox Easter date
* @return the date of the Orthodox easter of the given year
*/
public Calendar getOrthodoxEaster(int myear) {
Calendar dof = Calendar.getInstance();
int r1 = myear % 4;
int r2 = myear % 7;
int r3 = myear % 19;
int r4 = (19 * r3 + 15) % 30;
int r5 = (2 * r1 + 4 * r2 + 6 * r4 + 6) % 7;
int mdays = r5 + r4 + 13;
if (mdays > 39) {
mdays = mdays - 39;
dof.set(myear, 4, mdays);
} else if (mdays > 9) {
mdays = mdays - 9;
dof.set(myear, 3, mdays);
} else {
mdays = mdays + 22;
dof.set(myear, 2, mdays);
}
return dof;
}
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