Pilão Arcado Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Pilão Arcado, Bahia, Brazil
Qibla Details for Pilão Arcado
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Pilão Arcado?
The Qibla direction from Pilão Arcado, Bahia, Brazil is 67.7° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Pilão Arcado should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Pilão Arcado from Mecca?
The distance from Pilão Arcado to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,733 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Pilão Arcado?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Pilão Arcado, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Pilão Arcado?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Pilão Arcado is 67.7° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 69°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Pilão Arcado
The Qibla direction from Pilão Arcado, Bahia, Brazil is 67.7° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,733 km (6,048 miles) away. Geographically, Pilão Arcado sits to the west-southwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Pilão Arcado, this means facing east-northeast (67.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Pilão Arcado
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.7°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 69° from Pilão Arcado. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.7°.
Using a compass in Pilão Arcado
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Pilão Arcado. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.7° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.