Qibla direction › Iraq
Karbala, Iraq · 1,312 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:51 AM in Karbala) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 161° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Karbala | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baghdad | 84 km | 200° | 1,396 km |
| Kirkuk | 319 km | 197° | 1,624 km |
| Erbil | 398 km | 195° | 1,692 km |
| Mosul | 422 km | 192° | 1,689 km |
| Basrah | 426 km | 220° | 1,285 km |
| Kuwait City | 521 km | 225° | 1,204 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 199° (south-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 Karbala, the Qibla is 199° from true north (South-southwest). Makkah is about 1,312 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.
