Qibla direction › India
Bareilly, India · 4,050 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:59 AM in Bareilly) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 92° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Bareilly | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rampur | 63 km | 267° | 4,013 km |
| Moradabad | 83 km | 267° | 3,989 km |
| Aligarh | 144 km | 268° | 3,915 km |
| Meerut | 182 km | 266° | 3,885 km |
| Agra | 192 km | 269° | 3,908 km |
| Ghaziabad | 197 km | 267° | 3,857 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 268° (west). 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 Bareilly, the Qibla is 268° from true north (West). Makkah is about 4,050 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.
