Qibla direction in Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines

How to face the Qibla in Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines

Stand where you will pray and find north first. Then turn towards west and move a further 18.5° towards north: the result is the bearing of 288.5°. A small error of a few degrees is forgiven by most scholars, but aiming simply at west would leave you about 18° 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

This is a place where maps mislead badly: a straight line on a flat map from Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines to Mecca points to 273.0° (west), a full 15.5° away from the true Qibla of 288.5° (west). The map line keeps one compass heading and is 97 km longer than the great-circle route. Because the Earth is a sphere, the shortest way to Mecca from Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines first heads west, and that is the direction to face.

The angle on this page is the initial bearing of the great circle from 17.4146° N, 121.4416° 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 Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines to Mecca and Medina

Mecca is 8,471 km from Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines as the crow flies, and Medina, the city of the Prophet ﷺ, is 8,415 km away. A direct flight would take roughly 10 h 28 min, although most pilgrims from Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines connect through Jeddah or Medina airport.

Clocks in Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines 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 Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines rather than those of Mecca.

Finding the Qibla with the sun in Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines

On 86 days of 2027, the sun passes exactly through the Qibla direction of Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines while it is well above the horizon. At that moment, facing the sun means facing Mecca. The effect is most frequent in July (31 days); for example, on 15 May 2027 it happens at 12:09 local time.

On 190 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 15 February 2027 at 07:25.

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

Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines compared with other cities

Compared with Manila, 316 km away, the Qibla in Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines is turned 0.6° further anticlockwise (288.5° against 289.0°), and Mecca is 54 km closer. The nearest city with its own Qibla page, Tuguegarao City (37 km), prays towards 288.5°, the same bearing to the tenth of a degree.

Across the 80 cities in the Philippines on this site, the Qibla ranges from 288.1° in Laoag to 290.9° in General Santos, a spread of 2.8°. The difference is small, yet each city should still use its own bearing.

See all cities on the Qibla page for Philippines.

Qibla in cities near Tabuk, Cordillera, Philippines

• Tuguegarao City288.5° · 37 km
• Ilagan288.6° · 56 km
• Santiago, Cagayan Valley, Philippines288.7° · 82 km
• Laoag288.1° · 125 km
• Baguio City288.5° · 143 km
• Urdaneta288.6° · 185 km