El Habal Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from El Habal, Sinaloa, Mexico

Qibla: 38.9° NE
Distance: 13,855 km
Coords: 23.35°, -106.42°
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El Habal
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13,855 km

Qibla Details for El Habal

Qibla Angle38.9° from North
Cardinal DirectionNE
Compass Bearing90.8°
Distance to Kaaba13,855 km / 8,609 mi
RegionSinaloa
Latitude23.3501°
Longitude-106.4183°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in El Habal?

The Qibla direction from El Habal, Sinaloa, Mexico is 38.9° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Habal should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is El Habal from Mecca?

The distance from El Habal to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,855 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in El Habal?

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 Habal, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Habal?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Habal is 38.9° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 90.8°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 38.9°.

Finding Qibla Direction in El Habal

The Qibla direction from El Habal, Sinaloa, Mexico is 38.9° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,855 km (8,609 miles) away. Geographically, El Habal 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 Habal, this means facing northeast (38.9°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Habal

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (38.9°), 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 90.8° from El Habal. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 38.9°.

Using a compass in El Habal

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 Habal. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 38.9° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.