فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ
"So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram." — Qur'an 2:144. From any point on earth, the Ka'bah is waiting.
Bearing from true north
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Allow location (or enter coordinates) to find the qibla.
The bearing is the exact great-circle direction to the Ka'bah from your coordinates — the same formula used by every qibla app, nothing approximated. Start the live compass and the dial turns with your device. If the compass is unavailable (common on desktops), hold your phone flat, point it at true north and turn the printed bearing — or use the sun method below.
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By the Umm al-Qura reckoning; local moon sighting may differ by a day — and that is mercy.
Twice a year the sun stands exactly above the Ka'bah. At that moment, anywhere on earth where the sun is visible, your shadow points directly away from the qiblah — face away from your shadow and you are facing Makkah, with zero error.
the moments are given in Zambia time (CAT) — convert to yours. Stand in open sunlight, mark the shadow, done.