Carás Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Carás, Áncash, Peru
Qibla Details for Carás
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Carás?
The Qibla direction from Carás, Áncash, Peru is 70.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Carás should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Carás from Mecca?
The distance from Carás to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,240 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Carás?
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 Carás, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Carás?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Carás is 70.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 75.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.5°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Carás
The Qibla direction from Carás, Áncash, Peru is 70.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,240 km (8,227 miles) away. Geographically, Carás sits to the west 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 Carás, this means facing east-northeast (70.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Carás
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (70.5°), 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 75.2° from Carás. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.5°.
Using a compass in Carás
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Carás. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 70.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.