Sebastião Leal Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Sebastião Leal, Piauí, Brazil
Qibla Details for Sebastião Leal
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Sebastião Leal?
The Qibla direction from Sebastião Leal, Piauí, Brazil is 67.9° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Sebastião Leal should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Sebastião Leal from Mecca?
The distance from Sebastião Leal to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,693 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Sebastião Leal?
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 Sebastião Leal, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Sebastião Leal?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Sebastião Leal is 67.9° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 70.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.9°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Sebastião Leal
The Qibla direction from Sebastião Leal, Piauí, Brazil is 67.9° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,693 km (6,023 miles) away. Geographically, Sebastião Leal sits to the west 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 Sebastião Leal, this means facing east-northeast (67.9°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Sebastião Leal
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.9°), 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 70.6° from Sebastião Leal. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.9°.
Using a compass in Sebastião Leal
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Sebastião Leal. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.9° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.