Solar position algorithms are already available in several open source software packages, such as the PV modeling software packages pvlib [@anderson2023] and pysolar [@stafford2025], the astronomy packages pyephem [@rhodes2011] and skyfield [@rhodes2019], and the sun physics package sunpy [@sunpy2020]. However, these packages are tailored to very specific purposes and only contain one or a few solar position algorithms. Consequently, there are many solar position algorithms for which open source reference implementations are not available. This makes it difficult to evaluate the tradeoffs of the various solar position algorithms, which is necessary in order to make informed decisions on which algorithm to choose for a specific application.
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