Qibla direction in Trois-Rivières

How to face the Qibla in Trois-Rivières

Stand where you will pray and find north first. Then turn towards east and move a further 30.6° towards north: the result is the bearing of 59.4°. Because the angle sits far from the cardinal points, a rough guess such as “east” would be off by more than 30°, which is why a measured bearing matters in Trois-Rivières.

The scholars distinguish two cases: the one who sees the Kaaba aims at the building itself, while the one who cannot see it, as anywhere in Trois-Rivières, aims at its direction as well as he reasonably can. Comparing with the mihrab of a local mosque is a quick way to confirm the result. If you travel or move house, check the angle again, since it changes from place to place.

Why a flat map shows a different direction

This is a place where maps mislead badly: a straight line on a flat map from Trois-Rivières to Mecca points to 105.2° (east), a full 45.7° away from the true Qibla of 59.4° (north-east). The map line keeps one compass heading and is 703 km longer than the great-circle route. Because the Earth is a sphere, the shortest way to Mecca from Trois-Rivières first heads north-east, and that is the direction to face.

The value of 59.4° is the direction in which the shortest route from 46.3452° N, 72.5477° W sets off towards the Kaaba at 21.4225° N, 39.8262° E. Every accurate Qibla calculator, and the plans of well-oriented mosques, arrive at the same angle for this point.

Distance from Trois-Rivières to Mecca and Medina

Mecca is 9,882 km from Trois-Rivières as the crow flies, and Medina, the city of the Prophet ﷺ, is 9,608 km away. A direct flight would take roughly 12 h 08 min, although most pilgrims from Trois-Rivières connect through Jeddah or Medina airport.

Clocks in Trois-Rivières run 8 hours behind Mecca in winter and 7 hours behind Mecca in summer, because of daylight saving time. Prayer times, however, depend on the sun at your own location, so always use the prayer times of Trois-Rivières rather than those of Mecca.

Finding the Qibla with the sun in Trois-Rivières

From Trois-Rivières the sun never rises high in the Qibla direction of 59.4°, so you cannot simply face the sun. The opposite method works instead, as the right-hand column of the table shows.

On 284 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 March (31 days), for instance on 1 February 2027 at 16:19.

Twice a year the sun passes directly over the Kaaba, on 28 May 2027 and 16 July 2027. Both happen at night in Trois-Rivières (05:18 and 05:27 local time), so they cannot be used here.

Trois-Rivières compared with other cities

Compared with Ottawa, 265 km away, the Qibla in Trois-Rivières is turned 2.3° further clockwise (59.4° against 57.2°), and Mecca is 262 km closer. The nearest city with its own Qibla page, Québec (114 km), prays towards 60.4°, a difference of 1.0°.

Across the 46 cities in Canada on this site, the Qibla ranges from 16.5° in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to 73.4° in St. John's, a spread of 56.9°. That is too large to use one national direction, so each city has its own bearing.

See all cities on the Qibla page for Canada.

Qibla in cities near Trois-Rivières

• Québec60.4° · 114 km
• Sherbrooke59.9° · 116 km
• Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne58.5° · 119 km
• Montreal58.7° · 123 km
• Orléans, Ontario, Canada57.3° · 249 km
• Saguenay60.6° · 256 km