From b0704f8689b5c0640d84e104af9f159831fe8faa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pholmq <pholmq@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:57:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixed eph start time

---
 src/components/EphController.jsx     |  8 ++++----
 src/components/Menus/Ephemerides.jsx | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/EphController.jsx b/src/components/EphController.jsx
index 70e416f..2bab03e 100644
--- a/src/components/EphController.jsx
+++ b/src/components/EphController.jsx
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ const EphController = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (trigger && params) {
-      const startPos = dateTimeToPos(params.startDate, "12:00:00");
-      const endPos = dateTimeToPos(params.endDate, "12:00:00");
+      const startPos = dateTimeToPos(params.startDate, "00:00:00");
+      const endPos = dateTimeToPos(params.endDate, "00:00:00");
       if (params.checkedPlanets.length > 0 && startPos <= endPos) {
         setDone(false);
       }
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ const EphController = () => {
 
     const { startDate, endDate, stepSize, stepFactor, checkedPlanets } = params;
 
-    const startPos = dateTimeToPos(startDate, "12:00:00");
-    const endPos = dateTimeToPos(endDate, "12:00:00");
+    const startPos = dateTimeToPos(startDate, "00:00:00");
+    const endPos = dateTimeToPos(endDate, "00:00:00");
     const increment = stepSize * stepFactor;
 
     const ephemeridesData = {};
diff --git a/src/components/Menus/Ephemerides.jsx b/src/components/Menus/Ephemerides.jsx
index 0c66f8c..c646bf2 100644
--- a/src/components/Menus/Ephemerides.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Menus/Ephemerides.jsx
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ const Ephemerides = () => {
     }
   };
 
+  // Effect to update Start/End Date to current position when menu is opened
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (ephimerides) {
+      const currentDate = posToDate(posRef.current);
+      
+      // Update valuesRef so generation uses the new date
+      valuesRef.current["Start Date"] = currentDate;
+      valuesRef.current["End Date"] = currentDate;
+
+      // Update Leva UI to show the new date
+      levaEphStore.set({ 
+        "Start Date": currentDate, 
+        "End Date": currentDate 
+      });
+    }
+  }, [ephimerides, posRef, levaEphStore]);
+
   useControls(
     {
       Generate: button(handleCreate),
@@ -132,4 +149,4 @@ const Ephemerides = () => {
   );
 };
 
-export default Ephemerides;
+export default Ephemerides;
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