Prayer Minder - For the Palm

PrayerMinder for the Palm

PrayerMinder for the Palm displays the Islamic prayer times for the present day, anywhere on the planet Earth. It also helps you find the direction of Ka'bah for prayers, and it allows you to set alarms for any of the prayers, and also for Tahajjud and Shurooq (sunrise).

Download PrayerMinder v1.2

Also available for the Palm: Translation of the Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali!

PrayerMinder v1.2 for Palm - 28 September, 2005

Download PrayerMinder v1.2 for the Palm (praymind-pp.zip 68KB)

Features

Alarms
NOTE: Due to a limitaion in the Palm, prayers times can only be calculated when the program is running. Therefore, whenever PrayerMinder is launched, it automatically adjusts the alarm warnings if prayer times change.
So, if you use alarms, you should launch PrayerMinder every few days, so that the alarm times will get updated.
Qiblah finder Qiblah direction finder shows qiblah direction (direction of the Ka'bah) by pointing the device toward the sun.
Hijri date (adjustable).
Multiple locations to select from.
Daylight Savings/Summer time option for each location.

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You can find coordinates (latitude and longitude) for various cities of the world from the prayer times page for each city at this site. Just click on the View Location Data button on the prayer times page for your city.

Requirements

Palm OS 3.1+ ( i.e. Palm IIIx or later)
mathlib (included)

Revision History

v1.2 (28 September, 2005) Minor bug-fix release
- Fixed menu pages crashing on Tungsten T5.
- Added ability to work with display re-sizing and display orientation changes.
- Utilized hi-res display on Qiblah Finder screen.
v1.1 (17 June, 2003) Minor bug-fix release
- Fixed bug of Ka'bah icon not appearing on the red arrow on the Qiblah finder screen on OS5 devices.
- Fixed bug of Qiblah angle on Qiblah finder screen being sometimes different by one degree from the angle on the main screen.
v1.0 (3 June, 2003) New Feature release
- Added Colors and Grayscale support!
- Fixed "Mathlib not found" error if another program uses mathlib.
- Re-designed the Qiblah Finder compass to be more attractive.
- Revamped alarms by making them more flexible and removing the annoying warnings.
- Made the Preferences dialog more user friendly by providing a list of standard Fajr/Isha methods.
- Added Islamic (Hijri) date.
- Fixed memory leaks detected by newer development tools.
v0.6 (13 October 1999) New Feature release
- Added Alarms upon popular demand!!! (finally)
- Added fajr and isha time calculation method based on minutes before susrise, or after maghrib, respectively. (This is useful for places in the Middle East that follow the Umm-ul-Quraa (Makkah) calendar.
- Added day and time display to main screen.
- Added more stuff to help screens.
- Automatic upgrade of internal database from versions 0.4. and later.
- Added more locations to locations.txt.
v0.5 (13 May 1999) Bug-fix release
- Fixed incorrect Asr time close to the equator.
v0.4 (13 April 1999) Third (Alpha) release
- Fixed incorrect Asr time in southern hemisphere.
- Added multiple location selection ability.
- Qiblah finder is now accessible by tapping the compass on the main screen.
- Changed displayed name from PrayerMinder to PrayMind so it fits with the other icons.
- Added automatic backup of modified database to Backup directory on HotSync.
- Added enough fields in the database so next update won't need a un-install and re-install.
- Added more help information, for example Fiqh rules for Asr time, and meaning of twilight angle for Fajr and Isha times.
v0.3 (24 November 1998) Second (Alpha) release
v0.2 (20 October 1998) First (Alpha) release

COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright Tasmin Ahmad, 1998 - 2005.
This software is charityware/dua-ware. That means you can freely use and/or distribute the pakaged form of the software as you wish. You are merely requested to pray for the author's maGHfirah (forgiveness). You are also free to send him an encouragement note!

DISCLAIMER

If you use this software, be advised that you will do so at your own risk and the author will not be held responsible for any damage caused by the software.

Other Info

If you are interested in porting the code to other platforms, I can provide you the source code through e-mail upon request, free of charge.

Location Data, Prayer, and Palm Links

NOTE: Get location data for your city just by pressing the View Location Data button from your city's prayer times page at this site.

Getty Thesaurus is perhaps the best place to find coordinates for any city.

Falling Rain is also perhaps the best place to find coordinates and elevation for any city.

Bali Distance Finder has a good database of locations in the USA, and many others, and also provides Elevation data for many places.

World Time Zones

	Getty Thesaurus is perhaps the best place to find coordinates for any city.
	Falling Rain is also perhaps the best place to find coordinates and elevation for any city.
	Bali Distance Finder has a good database of locations in the USA, and many others, and also provides Elevation data for many places.
	World Time Zones