Getting Started

Kaluach places the civil and Hebrew calendars side by side, with holidays, Torah portions, zmanim for the selected location, and personal events such as yahrzeits, birthdays, and anniversaries.

The main window

The calendar fills the window, and the Details pane on its right shows everything about the selected day. The pane is open when Kaluach first starts; the Details button near the right end of the toolbar shows or hides it.

From left to right, the toolbar holds: the year and month arrows with Today and Go to Year; the month title; EN / עב; Holidays; + (New Event) and the Events list; Print Year; the location button; the Details button; Civil Month / Hebrew Month; Help; and Settings (the gear). Rest the pointer on a button to see its name.

Choose your location

Kaluach starts in Jerusalem, with Pittsburgh also in Saved Locations — one place in Israel and one in the diaspora. The location button in the toolbar lists your saved locations, and opens Location Settings… and New Location…. There you can search for a city by name or enter coordinates by hand.

The location determines the astronomical data, whether calendar behavior follows Israel or the diaspora, and the local candle-lighting offset. It is saved automatically, and saved locations remain available for quick reselection.

Finding something in this guide

The Help button in the toolbar, or F1, opens this guide in its own window, in the app’s language. Type a word or two in the search box at the top: the pages that contain them are listed — click one to open it. Home returns to the contents, and the arrows go back and forward.