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Qibla Direction in Attock

Attock, Pakistan · 3,468 km to the Kaaba

255° from North
West-southwest
N E S W

Find the Qibla with the sun (no compass)

At Zawal today (11:58 AM in Attock) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 105° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.

Qibla in cities near Attock

CityFrom AttockQiblaTo Makkah
Tordher26 km255°3,468 km
Mardan56 km254°3,453 km
Islamabad64 km256°3,528 km
Rawalpindi65 km256°3,522 km
Charsadda71 km254°3,425 km
Peshawar82 km254°3,401 km

How to face the Qibla in Attock

Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 255° (west-southwest). 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.

Questions

What is the Qibla direction in Attock?

From Attock, the Qibla is 255° from true north (West-southwest). Makkah is about 3,468 km away.

Is the Qibla measured from true north or magnetic north?

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.