Qibla direction › India
Patna, India · 4,622 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:37 AM in Patna) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 86° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Patna | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varanasi | 216 km | 274° | 4,411 km |
| Dhanbad | 239 km | 276° | 4,770 km |
| Ranchi | 251 km | 277° | 4,662 km |
| Jamshedpur | 328 km | 277° | 4,759 km |
| Prayagraj | 331 km | 273° | 4,293 km |
| Mohammadpur | 350 km | 276° | 4,968 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 274° (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 Patna, the Qibla is 274° from true north (West). Makkah is about 4,622 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.
