Qibla direction in Takoradze

How to face the Qibla in Takoradze

Stand where you will pray and find north first. Then turn towards east and move a further 26.2° towards north: the result is the bearing of 63.8°. A small error of a few degrees is forgiven by most scholars, but aiming simply at east would leave you about 26° 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

A straight line drawn on a flat (Mercator) map from Takoradze to Mecca points to 67.7° (east), 4.0° away from the correct 63.8°. That map line is a rhumb line: it keeps the same compass heading all the way, but it is 6 km longer than the true shortest route. The Qibla follows the great circle, the shortest path on the curved Earth, which is why the bearing differs.

The angle on this page is the initial bearing of the great circle from 4.8982° N, 1.7603° 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 Takoradze to Mecca and Medina

Mecca is 4,841 km from Takoradze as the crow flies, and Medina, the city of the Prophet ﷺ, is 4,924 km away. A direct flight would take roughly 6 h 12 min, although most pilgrims from Takoradze connect through Jeddah or Medina airport.

Clocks in Takoradze run 3 hours behind Mecca all year. Prayer times, however, depend on the sun at your own location, so always use the prayer times of Takoradze rather than those of Mecca.

Finding the Qibla with the sun in Takoradze

On 161 days of 2027, the sun passes exactly through the Qibla direction of Takoradze while it is well above the horizon. At that moment, facing the sun means facing Mecca. The effect is most frequent in May (31 days); for example, on 15 April 2027 it happens at 11:26 local time.

On 203 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 16:41.

Twice a year the sun passes directly over the Kaaba, on 28 May 2027 and 16 July 2027. Both moments are in daylight in Takoradze: at 09:18 and 09:27 local time, face the sun and you face the Qibla exactly, anywhere in the city.

Takoradze compared with other cities

The Qibla here is practically the same as in Accra (63.8°), and Mecca is 188 km farther away. The nearest city with its own Qibla page, Cape Coast (61 km), prays towards 63.8°, the same bearing to the tenth of a degree.

Among the 12 cities in Ghana on this site, Takoradze has the smallest Qibla bearing; the largest is 68.0° in Tamale. Across the country the direction varies by 4.2°.

See all cities on the Qibla page for Ghana.

Qibla in cities near Takoradze

• Cape Coast63.8° · 61 km
• Twifu Praso64.4° · 83 km
• Obuasi65.0° · 145 km
• Amanfro63.9° · 167 km
• Achiaman64.0° · 182 km
• Accra63.8° · 188 km