Jacinto City Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Jacinto City, Texas, United States
Qibla Details for Jacinto City
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Jacinto City?
The Qibla direction from Jacinto City, Texas, United States is 45.6° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Jacinto City should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Jacinto City from Mecca?
The distance from Jacinto City to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,579 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Jacinto City?
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 Jacinto City, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Jacinto City?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Jacinto City is 45.6° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 93.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.6°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Jacinto City
The Qibla direction from Jacinto City, Texas, United States is 45.6° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,579 km (7,816 miles) away. Geographically, Jacinto City 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 Jacinto City, this means facing northeast (45.6°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Jacinto City
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (45.6°), 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 93.9° from Jacinto City. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.6°.
Using a compass in Jacinto City
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Jacinto City. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 45.6° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.