Qibla direction › Afghanistan
Herat, Afghanistan · 2,617 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:08 PM in Herat) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 117° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Herat | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kandahar | 447 km | 253° | 2,804 km |
| Mazar-e Sharif | 516 km | 245° | 3,132 km |
| Chaman | 551 km | 255° | 2,850 km |
| Kabul | 643 km | 251° | 3,217 km |
| Quetta | 645 km | 257° | 2,878 km |
| Jalalabad | 757 km | 252° | 3,320 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 243° (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.
From Herat, the Qibla is 243° from true north (West-southwest). Makkah is about 2,617 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.
