mincha
This method returns the time of mincha gedola based on the opinion of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel as published in the luach of the Bais Horaah of Yeshivat Chevrat Ahavat Shalom.
It will return the later time of the following two options:
half a shaah zmanis after chatzos
with shaos zmaniyos calculated based on:
a day starting 72 minutes before sunrise alos 16.1˚ and
ending 13.5 minutes after sunset tzaisGeonim3Point7Degrees.
30 clock minutes after chatzos
See minchaGedolaGreaterThan30 (though that calculation is based on mincha gedola GRA). Mincha gedola is the earliest time to pray mincha. For more information about mincha gedola see the documentation on mincha gedola.
Return
the Date of the mincha gedola. If the calculation can't be computed such as northern and southern locations even south of the Arctic Circle and north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun may not reach low enough below the horizon for this calculation, a null will be returned. See detailed explanation on top of the AstronomicalCalendar documentation.