# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# you need to have 'semo_18.se1' and 'sepl_18.se1' in 'C:\sweph\ephe\' and

'swedll32.dll' at the path mentioned in line 40
import cffi
import os
import datetime as dt
import math

SE_SUN = 0
SE_MOON = 1
SE_MERCURY = 2
SE_VENUS = 3
SE_MARS = 4
SE_JUPITER = 5
SE_SATURN = 6
SE_URANUS = 7
SE_NEPTUNE = 8
SE_PLUTO = 9
SE_MEAN_NODE = 10
SE_TRUE_NODE = 11
SE_GREG_CAL = 1 # for Gregorian calender

longitude = 74.23 # +ve is for EAST

date_place = '2017-02-21'
time_place = ' 15:30:00' # Time in IST
Date_Time = dt.datetime.strptime( date_place + time_place, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )
DAY = float((Date_Time - dt.datetime.strptime('1550-01-01', '%Y-%m-%d') +
dt.timedelta(days=1)).days + 2287184.50) # since 1550-01-01 is day-1
DAY = DAY - (longitude/360.0)

ffi = cffi.FFI()
ffi.cdef("""
double swe_julday(int year, int month, int day, double hour, int gregflag);
int swe_calc ( double tjd, int ipl, int iflag, double* xx, char* serr);
void swe_get_planet_name(int ipl,char* spnam);
double swe_sidtime(double tjdut);
int swe_get_ayanamsa_ex(double tjd_et, int iflag, double *daya, char *serr);
void swe_set_sid_mode(int sid_mode, double t0, double ayan_t0);
void swe_close(void);
int* swe_houses(double tjd_ut, double geolat, double geolon, int hsys, double
*cusp, double *ascmc);
char * swe_house_name(int hsys);
""")#
lib =
ffi.dlopen("C:\\Users\\surjansh\\Desktop\\Ephem\\sweph\\sweph\\bin\\swedll32.dll")

longitude = 82.5
latitude = 23.5
iflag = 2
xx = ffi.new("double[6]", [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])
serr = ffi.new("char[7]", "Error")
jul_day_UT = lib.swe_julday(2017, 8, 30, 10.0, SE_GREG_CAL);
rflag = lib.swe_calc(jul_day_UT,0,iflag,xx,serr) # 0 for sun, 1 for moon, ... etc
as mentioned in line 4-15
##############################################
spnam = ffi.new( "char[]",3) # or "char[3]"
lib.swe_get_planet_name(0, spnam) # 0 for sun, 1 for moon, ... etc as mentioned in
line 4-15
print spnam[0]+spnam[1]+spnam[2]
##############################################
print xx[0], jul_day_UT

daya = ffi.new("double*")
lib.swe_set_sid_mode(1, 0, 0)
print lib.swe_get_ayanamsa_ex(jul_day_UT, iflag, daya, serr)
print daya[0]

################ sidereal time ##############

#eps_true = ffi.new("double",0.0)
#hsys = ffi.new("char","P") #"PKRCE"
cusp = ffi.new("double[13]")
ascmc = ffi.new("double[10]")
lib.swe_houses(jul_day_UT, latitude, longitude, ord('P'), cusp, ascmc);
print ascmc[0] # ASC (Ascendent) for the day

lib.swe_close()