Coronel Bicaco Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Coronel Bicaco, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Qibla Details for Coronel Bicaco
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Coronel Bicaco?
The Qibla direction from Coronel Bicaco, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is 72.3° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Coronel Bicaco should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Coronel Bicaco from Mecca?
The distance from Coronel Bicaco to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,436 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Coronel Bicaco?
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 Coronel Bicaco, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Coronel Bicaco?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Coronel Bicaco is 72.3° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 61.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 72.3°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Coronel Bicaco
The Qibla direction from Coronel Bicaco, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is 72.3° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,436 km (7,106 miles) away. Geographically, Coronel Bicaco 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 Coronel Bicaco, this means facing east-northeast (72.3°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Coronel Bicaco
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (72.3°), 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 61.4° from Coronel Bicaco. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 72.3°.
Using a compass in Coronel Bicaco
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Coronel Bicaco. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 72.3° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.