Qibla direction › Canada
Surrey, Canada · 11,986 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:59 PM in Surrey) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 17° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Surrey | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | 29 km | 17° | 11,974 km |
| Seattle | 171 km | 18° | 12,135 km |
| Calgary | 660 km | 25° | 11,562 km |
| Edmonton | 815 km | 25° | 11,292 km |
| San Francisco | 1,260 km | 19° | 13,176 km |
| San Jose | 1,311 km | 19° | 13,206 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 17° (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 Surrey, the Qibla is 17° from true north (North-northeast). Makkah is about 11,986 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.