Balochistan · Pakistan · 26.32° N · 66.30° E
Solar position in Arif Wala
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Arif Wala — computed for 26.32° N, 66.30° E, 137 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Arif Wala today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:21 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:48 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:15 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:39 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:18 | 51.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:26 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:58 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:21 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:48 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 19 min | |
Sun path diagram for Arif Wala
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 87.1° at solar noon in Arif Wala; on the December solstice only 40.3°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 53° 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 | 07:23 | 12:46 | 18:09 | 10 h 46 min | 43.8° |
| February | 07:05 | 12:48 | 18:31 | 11 h 25 min | 53.2° |
| March | 06:38 | 12:42 | 18:46 | 12 h 08 min | 64.0° |
| April | 06:06 | 12:33 | 19:01 | 12 h 55 min | 75.6° |
| May | 05:45 | 12:31 | 19:17 | 13 h 32 min | 83.9° |
| June | 05:42 | 12:36 | 19:30 | 13 h 48 min | 87.1° |
| July | 05:54 | 12:41 | 19:27 | 13 h 33 min | 84.1° |
| August | 06:09 | 12:37 | 19:05 | 12 h 56 min | 75.7° |
| September | 06:22 | 12:27 | 18:32 | 12 h 10 min | 64.3° |
| October | 06:37 | 12:19 | 18:01 | 11 h 24 min | 53.0° |
| November | 06:57 | 12:20 | 17:43 | 10 h 45 min | 43.8° |
| December | 07:18 | 12:32 | 17:47 | 10 h 29 min | 40.3° |
A year of daylight in Arif Wala
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 Arif Wala
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1860 kWh per kWp.
22°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° | 1686 | 91% | 4.88 | 1.7× |
| 15° | 1825 | 98% | 4.75 | 1.3× |
| 22° off-grid best | 1854 | 100% | 4.60 | 1.2× |
| 26° = latitude | 1859 | 100% | 4.49 | 1.3× |
| 27° year-round best | 1860 | 100% | 4.46 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1857 | 100% | 4.37 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1781 | 96% | 3.76 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1602 | 86% | 2.98 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1433 | 77% | 2.40 | 2.2× |
| 90° | 1016 | 55% | 1.33 | 3.7× |
A fixed array in Arif Wala produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 22° it makes 4.60 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 27°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Arif Wala at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.27 | 6.01 | 5.12 | 4.91 | 15.2 °C |
| February | 5.20 | 5.89 | 4.97 | 5.35 | 17.9 °C |
| March | 6.26 | 5.38 | 4.45 | 5.65 | 22.7 °C |
| April | 6.97 | 4.29 | 3.47 | 5.49 | 27.9 °C |
| May | 7.35 | 3.44 | 2.73 | 5.25 | 31.6 °C |
| June | 7.14 | 3.00 | 2.36 | 4.91 | 32.4 °C |
| July | 6.27 | 3.03 | 2.40 | 4.46 | 31.2 °C |
| August | 6.12 | 3.49 | 2.79 | 4.62 | 29.9 °C |
| September | 6.16 | 4.60 | 3.71 | 5.14 | 28.7 °C |
| October | 5.67 | 5.83 | 4.75 | 5.42 | 26.3 °C |
| November | 4.66 | 6.28 | 5.21 | 5.12 | 21.5 °C |
| December | 4.08 | 6.19 | 5.23 | 4.84 | 17.0 °C |
| Year | 5.85 avg | 4.78 avg | 1433 kWh | 1860 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 500 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 260 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Arif Wala
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.
3.2 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 27°
How Arif Wala compares in Pakistan
Against the other 360 places in Pakistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
13thof 361 places in Pakistan for sunshine, shared: 5.85 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+11%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Pakistan: 1,860 against 1,674 kWh per kWp.
−25 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lahore: 13 h 48 min against 14 h 13 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Pakistan it runs from 25° in Hyderabad to 33° in Karimabad.
Of the 361 places in Pakistan, Chaman and one other place get the most sun (6.09 peak sun hours a day) and Skardu the least (4.28); Arif Wala ranks joint 13th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.36 kWh a day here, against 2.48 kWh on average in Pakistan. The shortest day lasts 10 h 29 min, +24 min compared with Lahore.
Solar forecast for Arif Wala, 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.