Qibla direction › United Kingdom
Northampton, United Kingdom · 4,879 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:51 PM in Northampton) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 119° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Northampton | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | 25 km | 119° | 4,860 km |
| Coventry | 46 km | 118° | 4,925 km |
| Leicester | 46 km | 119° | 4,915 km |
| Luton | 52 km | 119° | 4,831 km |
| Birmingham | 73 km | 118° | 4,952 km |
| Nottingham | 80 km | 119° | 4,933 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 119° (east-southeast). 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 Northampton, the Qibla is 119° from true north (East-southeast). Makkah is about 4,879 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.
