Karnataka · India · 15.42° N · 75.62° E
Solar position in Gadag-Betageri
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Gadag-Betageri — computed for 15.42° N, 75.62° E, 665 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Gadag-Betageri today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:09 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:34 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:59 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:21 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:50 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:11 | 62.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:32 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:01 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:23 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:49 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:14 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 41 min | |
Sun path diagram for Gadag-Betageri
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 82.0° at solar noon in Gadag-Betageri; on the December solstice only 51.2°. 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 | 06:57 | 12:38 | 18:19 | 11 h 22 min | 54.7° |
| February | 06:49 | 12:41 | 18:32 | 11 h 43 min | 64.1° |
| March | 06:31 | 12:34 | 18:38 | 12 h 07 min | 74.9° |
| April | 06:09 | 12:26 | 18:43 | 12 h 34 min | 86.5° |
| May | 05:57 | 12:24 | 18:51 | 12 h 54 min | 85.2° |
| June | 05:57 | 12:29 | 19:00 | 13 h 03 min | 82.0° |
| July | 06:06 | 12:33 | 19:01 | 12 h 55 min | 85.0° |
| August | 06:13 | 12:30 | 18:47 | 12 h 34 min | 86.7° |
| September | 06:16 | 12:20 | 18:24 | 12 h 08 min | 75.3° |
| October | 06:20 | 12:12 | 18:03 | 11 h 43 min | 63.9° |
| November | 06:32 | 12:13 | 17:54 | 11 h 22 min | 54.7° |
| December | 06:49 | 12:25 | 18:01 | 11 h 13 min | 51.2° |
A year of daylight in Gadag-Betageri
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 Gadag-Betageri
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
18°collects the most energy over a year: 1641 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 | 1575 | 96% | 3.54 | 1.5× |
| 15° = latitude | 1639 | 100% | 3.37 | 1.6× |
| 18° year-round best | 1641 | 100% | 3.31 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1612 | 98% | 3.04 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1494 | 91% | 2.57 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 1296 | 79% | 2.01 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 1128 | 69% | 1.62 | 3.1× |
| 90° | 777 | 47% | 1.18 | 3.7× |
A fixed array in Gadag-Betageri produces the most over a year at 18°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.54 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 18°, and costs 4% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Gadag-Betageri at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 18° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 18° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.32 | 5.94 | 4.91 | 5.08 | 23.0 °C |
| February | 6.13 | 5.60 | 4.58 | 5.48 | 25.7 °C |
| March | 6.59 | 4.49 | 3.62 | 5.41 | 28.8 °C |
| April | 6.74 | 3.13 | 2.49 | 5.10 | 30.5 °C |
| May | 6.59 | 2.24 | 1.76 | 4.75 | 29.7 °C |
| June | 5.13 | 1.98 | 1.57 | 3.74 | 26.1 °C |
| July | 4.45 | 2.02 | 1.62 | 3.31 | 25.0 °C |
| August | 4.54 | 2.31 | 1.86 | 3.47 | 24.6 °C |
| September | 4.89 | 3.02 | 2.46 | 3.93 | 24.7 °C |
| October | 5.07 | 4.02 | 3.30 | 4.35 | 24.3 °C |
| November | 4.97 | 5.06 | 4.18 | 4.60 | 23.0 °C |
| December | 4.96 | 5.78 | 4.80 | 4.82 | 22.2 °C |
| Year | 5.44 avg | 3.79 avg | 1128 kWh | 1641 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 750 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 18°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Gadag-Betageri
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 18°
How Gadag-Betageri compares in India
Against the other 3,734 places in India with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
464thof 3,735 places in India for sunshine, shared: 5.44 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in India: 1,641 against 1,575 kWh per kWp.
−14 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mumbai: 13 h 03 min against 13 h 17 min.
18°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); Gadag-Betageri ranks joint 464th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.57 kWh a day here, against 1.70 kWh on average in India. The shortest day lasts 11 h 13 min, +14 min compared with Mumbai.
Solar forecast for Gadag-Betageri, 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.