Qibla direction › Turkey
Adana, Turkey · 1,784 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:26 PM in Adana) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 165° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Adana | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaziantep | 183 km | 172° | 1,755 km |
| Kayseri | 195 km | 167° | 1,969 km |
| Konya | 269 km | 157° | 1,960 km |
| Ankara | 392 km | 160° | 2,162 km |
| Antalya | 411 km | 150° | 1,934 km |
| Diyarbakir | 444 km | 181° | 1,834 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 165° (south-southeast). With a phone, the Yaad-e-Namaz app's Qibla compass does this for you and corrects for the difference between magnetic and true north. Hold the phone flat and away from metal and magnets.
From Adana, the Qibla is 165° from true north (South-southeast). Makkah is about 1,784 km away.
From true north. A magnetic compass can be off by a few degrees depending on where you are; the Yaad-e-Namaz app corrects for this automatically.
