La Puente Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from La Puente, California, United States
Qibla Details for La Puente
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in La Puente?
The Qibla direction from La Puente, California, United States is 24.2° (NNE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in La Puente should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is La Puente from Mecca?
The distance from La Puente to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,432 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in La Puente?
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 La Puente, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in La Puente?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from La Puente is 24.2° (NNE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 95.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 24.2°.
Finding Qibla Direction in La Puente
The Qibla direction from La Puente, California, United States is 24.2° from true north, pointing towards the north-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,432 km (8,346 miles) away. Geographically, La Puente sits to the north-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your north-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 La Puente, this means facing north-northeast (24.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in La Puente
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (24.2°), 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 95.2° from La Puente. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 24.2°.
Using a compass in La Puente
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in La Puente. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 24.2° (north-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.