El Palmar (San Gabriel) Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Palmar (San Gabriel), Chiapas, Mexico
Qibla Details for El Palmar (San Gabriel)
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Palmar (San Gabriel)?
The Qibla direction from El Palmar (San Gabriel), Chiapas, Mexico is 52° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Palmar (San Gabriel) should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Palmar (San Gabriel) from Mecca?
The distance from El Palmar (San Gabriel) to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,358 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Palmar (San Gabriel)?
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 Palmar (San Gabriel), enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Palmar (San Gabriel)?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Palmar (San Gabriel) is 52° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 87.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 52°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in El Palmar (San Gabriel)
The Qibla direction from El Palmar (San Gabriel), Chiapas, Mexico is 52° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,358 km (8,300 miles) away. Geographically, El Palmar (San Gabriel) sits to the northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your 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 Palmar (San Gabriel), this means facing northeast (52°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Palmar (San Gabriel)
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (52°), 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 87.9° from El Palmar (San Gabriel). The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 52°.
Using a compass in El Palmar (San Gabriel)
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 Palmar (San Gabriel). For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 52° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.