Qibla direction › India
Moradabad, India · 3,989 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:02 PM in Moradabad) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 93° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Moradabad | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rampur | 25 km | 267° | 4,013 km |
| Bareilly | 83 km | 268° | 4,050 km |
| Meerut | 105 km | 266° | 3,885 km |
| Aligarh | 127 km | 268° | 3,915 km |
| Ghaziabad | 132 km | 267° | 3,857 km |
| Faridabad | 151 km | 267° | 3,843 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 267° (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 Moradabad, the Qibla is 267° from true north (West). Makkah is about 3,989 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.
