Qibla Direction Finder

“So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you are, turn your faces toward it.”

Qur’an 2:144

How the Qibla direction is worked out

The Qibla is the direction of the Ka’bah in Makkah (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Because the Earth is round, the right direction is the great-circle path — the shortest route over the globe — not a straight line on a flat map. That is why the Qibla from North America points north-east rather than south-east.

Zikr Break uses your location to calculate that bearing from true north, then corrects your phone’s compass — which points to magnetic north — with the World Magnetic Model, so the arrow points to the Ka’bah rather than a few degrees off. It works offline, and if you would rather not share your location you can pick your city from a list.

Getting an accurate reading

• Hold the phone flat and away from metal, magnets and electronics.
• If the compass seems off, move the phone in a figure-of-eight a few times to calibrate it.
• Use the camera view to line up the Qibla with something you can see — a wall, a window — then pray facing it.

Qibla direction from 24 cities

Bearing from true north, clockwise, and the distance to the Ka’bah.