diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/astral/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astral/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76dba87f9648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/astral/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pytz, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "astral";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    extension = "zip";
+    sha256 = "1zm1ypc6w279gh7lbgsfbzfxk2x4gihlq3rfh59hj70hmhjwiwp7";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pytz ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    py.test -k "not test_GoogleLocator"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Calculations for the position of the sun and the moon";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sffjunkie/astral/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 272b57298e53..4a581a04efab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ in {
 
   asn1crypto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/asn1crypto { };
 
+  astral = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astral { };
+
   astropy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/astropy {  };
 
   augeas = callPackage ../development/python-modules/augeas {