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Calculate the date of Easter
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def computus(year) | |
a = year % 19 # year in the 19-year metonic cycle | |
k = year / 100 # century index | |
p = (13 + 8*k) / 25 # shift of metonic cycle, add a day offset every 300 years | |
q = k / 4 # correction for non-observed leap days | |
m = (15 - p + k - q) % 30 # correction to starting point each century | |
d = (19*a + m) % 30 # num of days from 3/21 until full moon | |
n = (4 + k - q) % 7 # find next sunday; century-based offset in weekly calc. | |
b = year % 4 # correct for leap days | |
c = year % 7 # correct for leap days | |
e = (2*b + 4*c + 6*d + n) % 7 # days from `d` to next Sunday | |
# historical corrections for April 26 and 25 | |
if (d == 29 && e == 6) || (d == 28 && e == 6 && a > 10) | |
e = -1 | |
end | |
# determinaton of the correct month for Easter | |
if (22 + d + e) > 31 | |
return "April #{d + e - 9}" | |
else | |
return "March #{22 + d + e}" | |
end | |
end | |
puts computus(2023) |
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