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|| Om Gurave Namah ||Dear NArasimhaji, When I try to get the next or previous eclipse the dates to -4713. I found it on two of my machines.The message box shows the correct date/time but the information pane contains the wrong dates.

Warm RegardsSanjay P

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Dear Sanjay,I agree and have found the same problem, despite trying it many times.Best wishesSharatOn 9 Feb 2009, at 15:29, Sanjay Prabhakaran wrote:|| Om Gurave Namah ||Dear NArasimhaji, When I try to get the next or previous eclipse the dates to -4713. I found it on two of my machines.The message box shows the correct date/time but the information pane contains the wrong dates.Warm RegardsSanjay P

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Dear SanjayP,

 

Yes, this is a known bug and I have been lazy to fix it.

 

If you select to make a chart at " Start " of the eclipse, this happens. The

correct times are shown in the dialog box, but the chart is made for year -4713.

 

If you select to make a chart at " maximum " eclipse point, then chart will be

fine.

 

The eclipse routine finds various contact points. While a maximum point exists

in all types of eclipses, the start point expected by JHora does not exist in

certain types of eclipses. Basically, JHora is getting an array of times from

Swiss Ephemeris and taking entry 0 as the start. It is undefined and contains a

defauly initialization value in certain types of eclipses.

 

The solution is to take the correct index into the array based on the type of

eclipse. I will take care of it in the next release.

 

Best regards,

Narasimha

 

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---- Sanjay Prabhakaran <sanjaychettiar wrote:

> || Om Gurave Namah ||

> Dear NArasimhaji,

> When I try to get the next or previous eclipse the dates to -4713. I found

> it on two of my machines.

> The message box shows the correct date/time but the information pane

> contains the wrong dates.

> Warm Regards

> Sanjay P

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