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Qibla Direction Calculator
Calculates the great-circle bearing to the Kaaba from any coordinates, with the compass point, the distance and a magnetic correction.
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East positive. Leave 0 for the true bearing.
Enter your figures and press Calculate.
In short
Qibla Direction Calculator is a free online tool on inputtesthub.com that calculates the great-circle bearing to the Kaaba from any coordinates, with the compass point, the distance and a magnetic correction. It needs no account, no download and no payment, and there is no daily usage limit. Everything is processed inside your own browser, so the data you paste is never uploaded to a server.
How to use the Qibla Direction Calculator
- Enter your figures in the input fields.
- The result updates as you type, together with the full working.
- Check the breakdown table to see exactly how the number was reached.
About the Qibla Direction Calculator
The Qibla Direction Calculator calculates the great-circle bearing to the Kaaba from any coordinates, with the compass point, the distance and a magnetic correction. It runs as plain JavaScript inside the page, which means there is no upload step, no queue and no size limit imposed by a server — the only limit is your own device.
What people use it for
- Setting a prayer direction in a new home or hotel.
- Checking what a phone compass app is telling you.
- Aligning a mosque or a prayer room during a fit-out.
Details
| Kaaba | 21.4225° N, 39.8262° E |
|---|---|
| From North America | North-east, not south-east |
| Great circle | Shortest over a sphere |
| Phone compass | Reads magnetic, not true |
| Bearing changes | Along the path — use the initial one |
The maths behind it
This tool uses the initial great-circle bearing from your position to 21.4225° N, 39.8262° E, which is the shortest path over a sphere rather than a straight line on a flat map. Every intermediate value is shown on screen, so the result can be checked by hand.
A phone magnetometer is easily thrown off by several degrees near metal, speakers, a laptop or a car, so calibrate it away from all of those before trusting it. The arithmetic here has no such problem — it is exact to a few hundredths of a degree, and the spherical-earth assumption costs less than that.
Where this tool stops
It gives the initial bearing on a great circle, which is what a compass needs and what the majority of scholars hold to be correct. A minority position favours the rhumb line — a constant compass bearing — which differs substantially at long distances. This tool does not compute that.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the qibla point north-east from America?
Because the shortest path over a sphere is a great circle, and on a flat Mercator map that path looks like a curve heading north. Drawing a straight line to Makkah on a flat map gives a south-easterly answer that is wrong — the map is what is distorted, not the bearing.
Should I use the true or the magnetic bearing?
It depends what you are pointing with. A paper map and a protractor use true north; a magnetic compass and most phone compass apps read magnetic north, which differs from true north by up to 20° depending on where you are. Enter your local declination and use the magnetic figure with a compass.
Is the Qibla Direction Calculator free?
Free, unlimited, and no email address required. You can use it a hundred times a day and nothing changes.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No. The Qibla Direction Calculator runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is transmitted, logged or stored, which you can verify yourself in the Network tab of your browser's developer tools.
How is the result calculated?
It uses the initial great-circle bearing from your position to 21.4225° N, 39.8262° E, which is the shortest path over a sphere rather than a straight line on a flat map. The full working is printed under the result, so you can follow every step rather than trusting a black box.
What do I get if I try it?
Enter New York at 40.7128, −74.0060 and the Qibla Direction Calculator returns 58.48° — north-east, which surprises people, and is correct.
When would I actually need the Qibla Direction Calculator?
The jobs it is built for: setting a prayer direction in a new home or hotel. Checking what a phone compass app is telling you. Aligning a mosque or a prayer room during a fit-out. It is built for exactly those cases rather than being a general-purpose tool with this bolted on.
Is there anything the Qibla Direction Calculator cannot do?
It gives the initial bearing on a great circle, which is what a compass needs and what the majority of scholars hold to be correct. A minority position favours the rhumb line — a constant compass bearing — which differs substantially at long distances. This tool does not compute that. Knowing where a tool stops being trustworthy matters more than the cases where it works.
What figures does the Qibla Direction Calculator work from?
Kaaba is 21.4225° N, 39.8262° E. From North America is North-east, not south-east. Great circle is Shortest over a sphere. These are printed on the page itself, so you do not have to take them on trust.
Is the number rounded?
The calculation runs in double precision and the result is shown to ten significant figures, so converting a value and converting it back returns the original. What is displayed is rounded for readability; what is copied is not.
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