abhisheksparikh

- [x] Closes #1246 - [ ] I am familiar with the [contributing guidelines](https://pvlib-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html) - [x] Tests added - [ ] Updates entries to [`docs/sphinx/source/api.rst`](https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python/blob/master/docs/sphinx/source/api.rst) for API changes. - [...

- [x] Closes #123 - [x] Added tests to cover all new or modified code. - [x] Clearly documented all new API functions with [PEP257](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/) and [numpydoc](https://numpydoc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format.html) compliant docstrings. -...