San Ignacio de Tupile Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from San Ignacio de Tupile, Guna, Panama
Qibla Details for San Ignacio de Tupile
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in San Ignacio de Tupile?
The Qibla direction from San Ignacio de Tupile, Guna, Panama is 62.3° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in San Ignacio de Tupile should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is San Ignacio de Tupile from Mecca?
The distance from San Ignacio de Tupile to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,450 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in San Ignacio de Tupile?
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 San Ignacio de Tupile, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in San Ignacio de Tupile?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from San Ignacio de Tupile is 62.3° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 83.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 62.3°.
Finding Qibla Direction in San Ignacio de Tupile
The Qibla direction from San Ignacio de Tupile, Guna, Panama is 62.3° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,450 km (7,736 miles) away. Geographically, San Ignacio de Tupile sits to the west-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-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 San Ignacio de Tupile, this means facing east-northeast (62.3°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in San Ignacio de Tupile
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (62.3°), 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 83.9° from San Ignacio de Tupile. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 62.3°.
Using a compass in San Ignacio de Tupile
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in San Ignacio de Tupile. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 62.3° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.