Isfahan · Iran · 32.80° N · 51.62° E
Solar position in Gaz-e Borkhar
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Gaz-e Borkhar — computed for 32.80° N, 51.62° E, 1581 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Gaz-e Borkhar today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:51 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:20 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:49 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:14 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:48 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:47 | 45.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:46 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:20 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:45 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:14 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:43 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for Gaz-e Borkhar
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 80.6° at solar noon in Gaz-e Borkhar; on the December solstice only 33.8°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 56° 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 | 07:04 | 12:14 | 17:25 | 10 h 21 min | 37.3° |
| February | 06:40 | 12:17 | 17:53 | 11 h 13 min | 46.7° |
| March | 06:06 | 12:10 | 18:15 | 12 h 09 min | 57.5° |
| April | 05:27 | 12:02 | 18:37 | 13 h 11 min | 69.1° |
| May | 05:00 | 12:00 | 18:59 | 13 h 59 min | 77.4° |
| June | 04:55 | 12:05 | 19:14 | 14 h 19 min | 80.6° |
| July | 05:09 | 12:09 | 19:09 | 14 h 00 min | 77.6° |
| August | 05:30 | 12:06 | 18:42 | 13 h 11 min | 69.3° |
| September | 05:50 | 11:56 | 18:01 | 12 h 11 min | 57.8° |
| October | 06:12 | 11:47 | 17:23 | 11 h 12 min | 46.5° |
| November | 06:38 | 11:49 | 16:59 | 10 h 21 min | 37.3° |
| December | 07:01 | 12:01 | 17:01 | 9 h 59 min | 33.8° |
A year of daylight in Gaz-e Borkhar
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 Gaz-e Borkhar
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1925 kWh per kWp.
47°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° | 1702 | 88% | 2.56 | 2.6× |
| 15° | 1870 | 97% | 3.53 | 1.8× |
| 30° year-round best | 1925 | 100% | 4.26 | 1.4× |
| 33° = latitude | 1922 | 100% | 4.38 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1867 | 97% | 4.72 | 1.2× |
| 47° off-grid best | 1851 | 96% | 4.76 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1700 | 88% | 4.88 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1534 | 80% | 4.81 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 1105 | 57% | 4.27 | 3.1× |
A fixed array in Gaz-e Borkhar produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 47° it makes 4.76 kWh per kWp a day, 12% more than at 30°, and costs 4% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Gaz-e Borkhar at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.28 | 5.32 | 4.79 | 4.38 | 1.4 °C |
| February | 4.28 | 5.49 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 3.4 °C |
| March | 5.47 | 5.34 | 4.68 | 5.52 | 8.1 °C |
| April | 6.19 | 4.36 | 3.74 | 5.34 | 13.1 °C |
| May | 7.30 | 3.91 | 3.27 | 5.58 | 19.2 °C |
| June | 8.32 | 3.66 | 2.98 | 5.84 | 24.9 °C |
| July | 7.91 | 3.80 | 3.07 | 5.65 | 27.2 °C |
| August | 7.52 | 4.56 | 3.72 | 5.88 | 25.7 °C |
| September | 6.49 | 5.57 | 4.62 | 5.89 | 21.9 °C |
| October | 4.98 | 5.87 | 4.99 | 5.33 | 15.8 °C |
| November | 3.63 | 5.57 | 4.90 | 4.60 | 7.5 °C |
| December | 3.07 | 5.38 | 4.81 | 4.26 | 3.0 °C |
| Year | 5.71 avg | 4.90 avg | 1534 kWh | 1925 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 400 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 30°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Gaz-e Borkhar
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.
3.9 mrow pitch at 70°
3.4 mrow pitch at 30°
How Gaz-e Borkhar compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
120thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.71 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,925 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−16 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 19 min against 14 h 35 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Iran it runs from 24° in Kīsh to 33° in Khūy.
Of the 423 places in Iran, Jālq gets the most sun (6.10 peak sun hours a day) and Bandar-e Anzalī the least (3.92); Gaz-e Borkhar ranks joint 120th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.98 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 9 h 59 min, +15 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Gaz-e Borkhar, 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.