Drăculea Bandului Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Drăculea Bandului, Mureș, Romania
Qibla Details for Drăculea Bandului
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Drăculea Bandului?
The Qibla direction from Drăculea Bandului, Mureș, Romania is 148.2° (SSE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Drăculea Bandului should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Drăculea Bandului from Mecca?
The distance from Drăculea Bandului to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 3,135 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Drăculea Bandului?
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 Drăculea Bandului, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Drăculea Bandului?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Drăculea Bandului is 148.2° (SSE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 153.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 148.2°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Drăculea Bandului
The Qibla direction from Drăculea Bandului, Mureș, Romania is 148.2° from true north, pointing towards the south-southeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 3,135 km (1,948 miles) away. Geographically, Drăculea Bandului sits to the north-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your south-southeast.
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 Drăculea Bandului, this means facing south-southeast (148.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Drăculea Bandului
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (148.2°), 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 153.4° from Drăculea Bandului. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 148.2°.
Using a compass in Drăculea Bandului
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Drăculea Bandului. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 148.2° (south-southeast) and shows ALIGNED.