Karnataka · India · 15.81° N · 74.86° E
Solar position in Bail-Hongal
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bail-Hongal — computed for 15.81° N, 74.86° E, 687 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bail-Hongal today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:12 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:37 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:02 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:24 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:53 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:14 | 62.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:35 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:04 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:26 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:51 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:17 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 40 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bail-Hongal
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 82.4° at solar noon in Bail-Hongal; on the December solstice only 50.8°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° 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 | 07:01 | 12:41 | 18:22 | 11 h 20 min | 54.3° |
| February | 06:52 | 12:44 | 18:35 | 11 h 43 min | 63.7° |
| March | 06:34 | 12:37 | 18:41 | 12 h 07 min | 74.5° |
| April | 06:12 | 12:29 | 18:46 | 12 h 34 min | 86.1° |
| May | 05:59 | 12:27 | 18:54 | 12 h 55 min | 85.6° |
| June | 06:00 | 12:32 | 19:04 | 13 h 04 min | 82.4° |
| July | 06:08 | 12:37 | 19:04 | 12 h 56 min | 85.4° |
| August | 06:16 | 12:33 | 18:51 | 12 h 35 min | 86.3° |
| September | 06:19 | 12:23 | 18:27 | 12 h 08 min | 74.9° |
| October | 06:23 | 12:15 | 18:06 | 11 h 42 min | 63.5° |
| November | 06:36 | 12:16 | 17:56 | 11 h 20 min | 54.3° |
| December | 06:52 | 12:28 | 18:04 | 11 h 11 min | 50.8° |
A year of daylight in Bail-Hongal
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 Bail-Hongal
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
19°collects the most energy over a year: 1606 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 | 1534 | 96% | 3.18 | 1.7× |
| 15° | 1602 | 100% | 3.03 | 1.8× |
| 16° = latitude | 1604 | 100% | 3.02 | 1.8× |
| 19° year-round best | 1606 | 100% | 2.97 | 1.8× |
| 30° | 1581 | 98% | 2.75 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1472 | 92% | 2.35 | 2.3× |
| 60° | 1283 | 80% | 1.85 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 1120 | 70% | 1.51 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 775 | 48% | 1.10 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Bail-Hongal produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.18 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 19°, and costs 4% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bail-Hongal at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 19° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.27 | 5.93 | 4.90 | 5.08 | 23.0 °C |
| February | 6.09 | 5.61 | 4.59 | 5.48 | 25.6 °C |
| March | 6.57 | 4.52 | 3.65 | 5.41 | 28.3 °C |
| April | 6.74 | 3.17 | 2.53 | 5.11 | 30.1 °C |
| May | 6.53 | 2.27 | 1.79 | 4.69 | 29.3 °C |
| June | 4.69 | 1.90 | 1.50 | 3.41 | 25.7 °C |
| July | 4.00 | 1.89 | 1.51 | 2.97 | 24.5 °C |
| August | 4.13 | 2.17 | 1.75 | 3.16 | 24.1 °C |
| September | 4.69 | 2.92 | 2.38 | 3.77 | 24.2 °C |
| October | 5.00 | 3.99 | 3.28 | 4.31 | 24.0 °C |
| November | 4.97 | 5.10 | 4.23 | 4.64 | 22.9 °C |
| December | 4.94 | 5.80 | 4.81 | 4.84 | 22.2 °C |
| Year | 5.30 avg | 3.76 avg | 1120 kWh | 1606 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 780 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 400 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bail-Hongal
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.
2.4 mrow pitch at 70°
2.5 mrow pitch at 19°
How Bail-Hongal compares in India
Against the other 3,734 places in India with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1249thof 3,735 places in India for sunshine, shared: 5.30 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in India: 1,606 against 1,575 kWh per kWp.
−13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mumbai: 13 h 04 min against 13 h 17 min.
19°best year-round tilt here; across India it runs from 8° in Tirunelveli to 33° in Leh.
Of the 3,735 places in India, Balotra gets the most sun (5.73 peak sun hours a day) and Jining the least (3.68); Bail-Hongal ranks joint 1249th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.50 kWh a day here, against 1.70 kWh on average in India. The shortest day lasts 11 h 11 min, +12 min compared with Mumbai.
Solar forecast for Bail-Hongal, 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.