El Tular Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Tular, Valle, Honduras
Qibla Details for El Tular
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Tular?
The Qibla direction from El Tular, Valle, Honduras is 56.7° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Tular should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Tular from Mecca?
The distance from El Tular to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,097 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Tular?
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 El Tular, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Tular?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Tular is 56.7° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 86.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in El Tular
The Qibla direction from El Tular, Valle, Honduras is 56.7° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,097 km (8,138 miles) away. Geographically, El Tular sits to the west-northwest 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 El Tular, this means facing east-northeast (56.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Tular
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (56.7°), 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 86.2° from El Tular. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 56.7°.
Using a compass in El Tular
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in El Tular. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 56.7° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.