How to find the Qibla from anywhere

There are three reliable ways to find the Qibla: a compass and a calculated bearing, a sun-shadow method twice a year (Zawal in Mecca), or a digital tool like Qibla.now that does it instantly. The digital approach is by far the fastest and the most accurate.

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Three ways to find the Qibla

  1. Use Qibla.now — open the site, allow location, read the bearing. Done in seconds.
  2. Compass + bearing — calculate the Qibla bearing from your latitude/longitude, then use any magnetic compass corrected for declination.
  3. Sun-shadow method — twice a year (May 28 and July 16) the sun is directly above the Kaaba; the shadow of any vertical object worldwide points directly away from the Qibla.