Sennar · Sudan · 13.33° N · 34.09° E
Solar position in Ad-Dindar
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ad-Dindar — computed for 13.33° N, 34.09° E, 395 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ad-Dindar today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:23 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:48 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:14 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:35 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:04 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:27 | 64.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:19 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:41 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 44 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ad-Dindar
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 79.9° at solar noon in Ad-Dindar; on the December solstice only 53.2°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:10 | 11:54 | 17:39 | 11 h 28 min | 56.8° |
| February | 06:03 | 11:57 | 17:50 | 11 h 47 min | 66.2° |
| March | 05:47 | 11:50 | 17:54 | 12 h 07 min | 77.0° |
| April | 05:27 | 11:42 | 17:57 | 12 h 30 min | 88.6° |
| May | 05:16 | 11:40 | 18:03 | 12 h 47 min | 83.1° |
| June | 05:18 | 11:45 | 18:12 | 12 h 55 min | 79.9° |
| July | 05:26 | 11:50 | 18:13 | 12 h 48 min | 82.9° |
| August | 05:31 | 11:46 | 18:01 | 12 h 30 min | 88.7° |
| September | 05:32 | 11:36 | 17:40 | 12 h 08 min | 77.3° |
| October | 05:35 | 11:28 | 17:21 | 11 h 46 min | 65.9° |
| November | 05:45 | 11:29 | 17:13 | 11 h 28 min | 56.7° |
| December | 06:01 | 11:41 | 17:21 | 11 h 21 min | 53.2° |
A year of daylight in Ad-Dindar
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Ad-Dindar
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
16°collects the most energy over a year: 1824 kWh per kWp.
0°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1763 | 97% | 4.40 | 1.3× |
| 13° = latitude | 1821 | 100% | 4.14 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1823 | 100% | 4.09 | 1.4× |
| 16° year-round best | 1824 | 100% | 4.06 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1778 | 98% | 3.57 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1631 | 89% | 2.86 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 1393 | 76% | 2.05 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 1196 | 66% | 1.51 | 3.8× |
| 90° | 811 | 44% | 1.11 | 4.0× |
A fixed array in Ad-Dindar produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 4.40 kWh per kWp a day, 8% more than at 16°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ad-Dindar at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 16° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.89 | 6.49 | 5.30 | 5.48 | 25.8 °C |
| February | 6.47 | 5.67 | 4.59 | 5.61 | 28.2 °C |
| March | 6.95 | 4.51 | 3.61 | 5.60 | 30.5 °C |
| April | 7.08 | 3.10 | 2.45 | 5.30 | 32.8 °C |
| May | 6.69 | 2.13 | 1.65 | 4.78 | 32.8 °C |
| June | 6.28 | 1.84 | 1.43 | 4.45 | 30.8 °C |
| July | 5.57 | 1.92 | 1.51 | 4.06 | 28.1 °C |
| August | 5.45 | 2.36 | 1.88 | 4.14 | 26.7 °C |
| September | 5.92 | 3.41 | 2.75 | 4.71 | 27.7 °C |
| October | 6.15 | 4.79 | 3.86 | 5.16 | 29.8 °C |
| November | 5.95 | 6.16 | 4.97 | 5.38 | 28.8 °C |
| December | 5.66 | 6.64 | 5.40 | 5.34 | 26.5 °C |
| Year | 6.17 avg | 4.08 avg | 1196 kWh | 1824 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 830 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ad-Dindar
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 16°
How Ad-Dindar compares in Sudan
Against the other 74 places in Sudan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
62ndof 75 places in Sudan for sunshine, shared: 6.17 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sudan: 1,824 against 1,880 kWh per kWp.
−8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Khartoum: 12 h 55 min against 13 h 03 min.
16°best year-round tilt here; across Sudan it runs from 12° in Abyei to 19° in Atbara.
Of the 75 places in Sudan, Mellit gets the most sun (6.72 peak sun hours a day) and Port Sudan the least (5.78); Ad-Dindar ranks joint 62nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.43 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Sudan. The shortest day lasts 11 h 21 min, +8 min compared with Khartoum.
Solar forecast for Ad-Dindar, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.