Qibla direction in Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil

How to face the Qibla in Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil

Stand where you will pray and find north first. Then turn towards east and move a further 21.3° towards north: the result is the bearing of 68.7°. A small error of a few degrees is forgiven by most scholars, but aiming simply at east would leave you about 21° off.

Scholars agree that someone who can see the Kaaba must face it exactly, while someone far away faces its direction (jihat al-Ka‘bah) as precisely as reasonably possible. If a mosque is nearby, its mihrab and prayer lines are the easiest reference, since they were set when the building was laid out. At home, mark the direction once with tape or a small arrow so the whole family prays the same way.

Why a flat map shows a different direction

On a flat (Mercator) map, the straight line from Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil to Mecca points to 66.7°, only 1.9° away from the true Qibla. Here the two methods practically agree, so a map gives a usable first idea, although the 68.7° bearing remains the exact one.

The angle on this page is the initial bearing of the great circle from 15.4528° S, 47.6142° W to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). It is the method used by mosque architects and by every serious Qibla calculator, and it gives one exact answer for each point on Earth.

Distance from Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil to Mecca and Medina

Mecca is 10,372 km from Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil as the crow flies, and Medina, the city of the Prophet ﷺ, is 10,440 km away. A direct flight would take roughly 12 h 42 min, although most pilgrims from Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil connect through Jeddah or Medina airport.

Clocks in Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil run 6 hours behind Mecca all year. Prayer times, however, depend on the sun at your own location, so always use the prayer times of Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil rather than those of Mecca.

Finding the Qibla with the sun in Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil

On 201 days of 2027, the sun passes exactly through the Qibla direction of Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil while it is well above the horizon. At that moment, facing the sun means facing Mecca. The effect is most frequent in March (31 days); for example, on 15 February 2027 it happens at 11:56 local time.

On 94 days the sun stands exactly opposite the Qibla: then the shadow of any vertical object, a pole, a door frame or a plumb line, points straight towards Mecca. This is most frequent in January (31 days), for instance on 1 January 2027 at 13:56.

Twice a year the sun passes directly over the Kaaba, on 28 May 2027 and 16 July 2027. Both happen at night in Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil (06:18 and 06:27 local time), so they cannot be used here. Instead, on 13 January 2027 at 18:29 and 28 November 2027 at 18:09 the sun is over the point opposite the Kaaba, and every vertical shadow in Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil points straight to Mecca.

Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil compared with other cities

The Qibla here is practically the same as in Brasília (68.8°), and Mecca is 45 km closer. The nearest city with its own Qibla page, Planaltina, Federal District, Brazil (19 km), prays towards 68.7°, the same bearing to the tenth of a degree.

Across the 257 cities in Brazil on this site, the Qibla ranges from 66.1° in Maceió to 74.2° in Uruguaiana, a spread of 8.1°. That is too large to use one national direction, so each city has its own bearing.

See all cities on the Qibla page for Brazil.

Qibla in cities near Planaltina, Goiás, Brazil

• Planaltina, Federal District, Brazil68.7° · 19 km
• Formosa, Goiás, Brazil68.6° · 31 km
• Brasília68.8° · 50 km
• Ceilândia68.8° · 68 km
• Valparaíso de Goiás68.8° · 79 km
• Águas Lindas de Goiás68.9° · 79 km