Qibla direction › Pakistan
Skardu, Pakistan · 3,801 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:45 AM in Skardu) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 104° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Skardu | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilgit | 138 km | 254° | 3,704 km |
| Srinagar | 155 km | 257° | 3,695 km |
| Muzaffarabad | 223 km | 255° | 3,584 km |
| Dhirkot | 234 km | 256° | 3,585 km |
| Battagram | 248 km | 254° | 3,554 km |
| Abbottabad | 254 km | 255° | 3,557 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 256° (west-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 Skardu, the Qibla is 256° from true north (West-southwest). Makkah is about 3,801 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.
