El Triunfo Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from El Triunfo, Tabasco, Mexico

Qibla: 52.7° NE
Distance: 13,130 km
Coords: 17.92°, -91.17°
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El Triunfo
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Qibla Details for El Triunfo

Qibla Angle52.7° from North
Cardinal DirectionNE
Compass Bearing88.4°
Distance to Kaaba13,130 km / 8,159 mi
RegionTabasco
Latitude17.9224°
Longitude-91.1695°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in El Triunfo?

The Qibla direction from El Triunfo, Tabasco, Mexico is 52.7° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Triunfo should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is El Triunfo from Mecca?

The distance from El Triunfo to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,130 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in El Triunfo?

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 Triunfo, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

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

The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Triunfo is 52.7° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 88.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 52.7°.

Finding Qibla Direction in El Triunfo

The Qibla direction from El Triunfo, Tabasco, Mexico is 52.7° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,130 km (8,159 miles) away. Geographically, El Triunfo 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 Triunfo, this means facing northeast (52.7°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Triunfo

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (52.7°), 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 88.4° from El Triunfo. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 52.7°.

Using a compass in El Triunfo

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 Triunfo. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 52.7° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.