Almaty Region · Kazakhstan · 43.36° N · 76.85° E
Solar position in Burunday
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Burunday — computed for 43.36° N, 76.85° E, 689 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Burunday today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:41 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:14 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:47 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:17 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:36 | 34.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:16 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:55 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:24 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 17:58 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 39 min | |
Sun path diagram for Burunday
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 70.1° at solar noon in Burunday; on the December solstice only 23.2°. Sunrise swings from 56° NE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 66° 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 | 07:18 | 12:03 | 16:49 | 9 h 31 min | 26.8° |
| February | 06:42 | 12:06 | 17:30 | 10 h 49 min | 36.1° |
| March | 05:54 | 12:00 | 18:05 | 12 h 11 min | 46.9° |
| April | 05:01 | 11:51 | 18:42 | 13 h 41 min | 58.5° |
| May | 04:22 | 11:49 | 19:16 | 14 h 53 min | 66.9° |
| June | 04:12 | 11:54 | 19:36 | 15 h 24 min | 70.1° |
| July | 04:31 | 11:58 | 19:26 | 14 h 55 min | 67.1° |
| August | 05:04 | 11:55 | 18:46 | 13 h 43 min | 58.7° |
| September | 05:38 | 11:45 | 17:52 | 12 h 14 min | 47.3° |
| October | 06:13 | 11:36 | 17:00 | 10 h 47 min | 35.9° |
| November | 06:53 | 11:38 | 16:23 | 9 h 30 min | 26.7° |
| December | 07:21 | 11:50 | 16:19 | 8 h 58 min | 23.2° |
A year of daylight in Burunday
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 Burunday
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
36°collects the most energy over a year: 1521 kWh per kWp.
69°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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1270 | 84% | 1.29 | 4.2× |
| 15° | 1433 | 94% | 1.87 | 2.9× |
| 30° | 1513 | 99% | 2.35 | 2.2× |
| 36° year-round best | 1521 | 100% | 2.51 | 2.1× |
| 43° = latitude | 1513 | 99% | 2.66 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1507 | 99% | 2.69 | 1.9× |
| 60° | 1416 | 93% | 2.88 | 1.6× |
| 69° off-grid best | 1323 | 87% | 2.90 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1311 | 86% | 2.90 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 1014 | 67% | 2.73 | 1.8× |
A fixed array in Burunday produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 69° it makes 2.90 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 36°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Burunday at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 36° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 36° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.00 | 3.81 | 3.48 | 3.01 | -2.6 °C |
| February snow | 2.89 | 4.21 | 3.81 | 3.67 | -0.4 °C |
| March | 3.83 | 4.33 | 3.82 | 4.17 | 6.2 °C |
| April | 4.98 | 4.28 | 3.69 | 4.62 | 11.7 °C |
| May | 6.28 | 4.23 | 3.57 | 5.09 | 17.0 °C |
| June | 6.65 | 3.96 | 3.26 | 4.99 | 22.1 °C |
| July | 6.61 | 4.11 | 3.35 | 5.01 | 24.8 °C |
| August | 6.13 | 4.72 | 3.89 | 5.19 | 23.5 °C |
| September | 4.91 | 5.21 | 4.39 | 5.01 | 17.9 °C |
| October | 3.23 | 4.57 | 3.96 | 3.97 | 10.9 °C |
| November | 1.93 | 3.36 | 3.00 | 2.76 | 3.7 °C |
| December snow | 1.58 | 3.19 | 2.90 | 2.51 | -1.7 °C |
| Year | 4.26 avg | 4.16 avg | 1311 kWh | 1521 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 410 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 470 Wp at 36°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Burunday
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.
5.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.8 mrow pitch at 36°
How Burunday compares in Kazakhstan
Against the other 82 places in Kazakhstan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
29thof 83 places in Kazakhstan for sunshine, shared: 4.26 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Kazakhstan: 1,521 against 1,524 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Almaty: 15 h 24 min against 15 h 24 min.
36°best year-round tilt here; across Kazakhstan it runs from 32° in Zhetysay to 47° in Petropavl.
Of the 83 places in Kazakhstan, Shardara gets the most sun (4.67 peak sun hours a day) and Petropavl the least (3.26); Burunday ranks joint 29th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.90 kWh a day here, against 2.54 kWh on average in Kazakhstan. The shortest day lasts 8 h 58 min, −1 min compared with Almaty.
Solar forecast for Burunday, 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.