El Loreto Occidental Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Loreto Occidental, Jalisco, Mexico
Qibla Details for El Loreto Occidental
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Loreto Occidental?
The Qibla direction from El Loreto Occidental, Jalisco, Mexico is 43.6° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Loreto Occidental should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Loreto Occidental from Mecca?
The distance from El Loreto Occidental to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,838 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Loreto Occidental?
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 Loreto Occidental, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Loreto Occidental?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Loreto Occidental is 43.6° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 89.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 43.6°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in El Loreto Occidental
The Qibla direction from El Loreto Occidental, Jalisco, Mexico is 43.6° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,838 km (8,599 miles) away. Geographically, El Loreto Occidental 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 Loreto Occidental, this means facing northeast (43.6°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Loreto Occidental
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 89.5° from El Loreto Occidental. 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 El Loreto Occidental
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 Loreto Occidental. 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.