Cañada de San Ignacio Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from Cañada de San Ignacio, Jalisco, Mexico

Qibla: 43.6° NE
Distance: 13,812 km
Coords: 20.55°, -102.35°
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Cañada de San Ignacio
43.6°
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13,812 km

Qibla Details for Cañada de San Ignacio

Qibla Angle43.6° from North
Cardinal DirectionNE
Compass Bearing89.6°
Distance to Kaaba13,812 km / 8,582 mi
RegionJalisco
Latitude20.5522°
Longitude-102.3533°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in Cañada de San Ignacio?

The Qibla direction from Cañada de San Ignacio, Jalisco, Mexico is 43.6° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Cañada de San Ignacio should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is Cañada de San Ignacio from Mecca?

The distance from Cañada de San Ignacio to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,812 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in Cañada de San Ignacio?

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 Cañada de San Ignacio, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Cañada de San Ignacio?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from Cañada de San Ignacio is 43.6° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 89.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 43.6°.

Finding Qibla Direction in Cañada de San Ignacio

The Qibla direction from Cañada de San Ignacio, Jalisco, Mexico is 43.6° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,812 km (8,582 miles) away. Geographically, Cañada de San Ignacio 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 Cañada de San Ignacio, this means facing northeast (43.6°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in Cañada de San Ignacio

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (43.6°), 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 89.6° from Cañada de San Ignacio. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 43.6°.

Using a compass in Cañada de San Ignacio

A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Cañada de San Ignacio. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 43.6° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.