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Julian Easter

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using System;
using System.Globalization;

namespace Algorithms.Other
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Date of Easter calculated with Meeus's Julian algorithm.
    ///     The algorithm is described in Jean Meeus' <a href="https://archive.org/details/astronomicalalgorithmsjeanmeeus1991/page/n73/mode/2up">Astronomical Algorithms (1991, p. 69)</a>.
    /// </summary>
    public static class JulianEaster
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     Calculates the date of Easter.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="year">Year to calculate the date of Easter.</param>
        /// <returns>Date of Easter as a DateTime.</returns>
        public static DateTime Calculate(int year)
        {
            var a = year % 4;
            var b = year % 7;
            var c = year % 19;
            var d = (19 * c + 15) % 30;
            var e = (2 * a + 4 * b - d + 34) % 7;
            var month = (int)Math.Floor((d + e + 114) / 31M);
            var day = ((d + e + 114) % 31) + 1;

            DateTime easter = new(year, month, day, new JulianCalendar());

            return easter;
        }
    }
}