Qibla direction › United States
San Francisco, United States · 13,176 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:57 PM in San Francisco) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 19° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From San Francisco | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 67 km | 19° | 13,206 km |
| Los Angeles | 559 km | 24° | 13,424 km |
| San Diego | 737 km | 25° | 13,518 km |
| Phoenix | 1,051 km | 30° | 13,225 km |
| Seattle | 1,093 km | 18° | 12,135 km |
| Surrey | 1,260 km | 17° | 11,986 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 19° (north-northeast). 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 San Francisco, the Qibla is 19° from true north (North-northeast). Makkah is about 13,176 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.
