Qibla direction in Singaraja

How to face the Qibla in Singaraja

Stand where you will pray and find north first. Then turn towards west and move a further 23.7° towards north: the result is the bearing of 293.7°. A small error of a few degrees is forgiven by most scholars, but aiming simply at west would leave you about 24° 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 Singaraja to Mecca points to 291.8°, only 1.9° away from the true Qibla. Here the two methods practically agree, so a map gives a usable first idea, although the 293.7° bearing remains the exact one.

The angle on this page is the initial bearing of the great circle from 8.1120° S, 115.0882° E 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 Singaraja to Mecca and Medina

Mecca is 8,836 km from Singaraja as the crow flies, and Medina, the city of the Prophet ﷺ, is 8,935 km away. A direct flight would take roughly 10 h 54 min, although most pilgrims from Singaraja connect through Jeddah or Medina airport.

Clocks in Singaraja run 5 hours ahead of Mecca all year. Prayer times, however, depend on the sun at your own location, so always use the prayer times of Singaraja rather than those of Mecca.

Finding the Qibla with the sun in Singaraja

On 198 days of 2027, the sun passes exactly through the Qibla direction of Singaraja 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 1 March 2027 it happens at 12:36 local time.

On 136 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 09:10.

Twice a year the sun passes directly over the Kaaba, on 28 May 2027 and 16 July 2027. Both moments are in daylight in Singaraja: at 17:18 and 17:27 local time, face the sun and you face the Qibla exactly, anywhere in the city.

Singaraja compared with other cities

Compared with Jakarta, 934 km away, the Qibla in Singaraja is turned 1.5° further anticlockwise (293.7° against 295.2°), and Mecca is 915 km farther away. The nearest city with its own Qibla page, Sukawati (42 km), prays towards 293.8°, a difference of 0.1°.

Across the 140 cities in Indonesia on this site, the Qibla ranges from 290.2° in Merauke to 295.5° in Pelabuhanratu, a spread of 5.3°. That is too large to use one national direction, so each city has its own bearing.

See all cities on the Qibla page for Indonesia.

Qibla in cities near Singaraja

• Sukawati293.8° · 42 km
• Klungkung293.7° · 58 km
• Negara293.8° · 59 km
• Denpasar293.8° · 61 km
• Banyuwangi293.9° · 82 km
• Mataram293.5° · 125 km