Dasoguz · Turkmenistan · 41.65° N · 59.92° E
Solar position in Görogly
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Görogly — computed for 41.65° N, 59.92° E, 86 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Görogly today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:49 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:54 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:22 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:01 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:44 | 36.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:27 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:06 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:34 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:38 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 44 min | |
Sun path diagram for Görogly
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 71.8° at solar noon in Görogly; on the December solstice only 24.9°. Sunrise swings from 57° ENE in June to 121° ESE in December — a 64° 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 | 08:21 | 13:11 | 18:01 | 9 h 40 min | 28.5° |
| February | 07:47 | 13:14 | 18:40 | 10 h 53 min | 37.9° |
| March | 07:02 | 13:07 | 19:13 | 12 h 11 min | 48.6° |
| April | 06:11 | 12:59 | 19:47 | 13 h 36 min | 60.3° |
| May | 05:35 | 12:56 | 20:18 | 14 h 43 min | 68.6° |
| June | 05:26 | 13:02 | 20:38 | 15 h 12 min | 71.8° |
| July | 05:44 | 13:06 | 20:29 | 14 h 45 min | 68.8° |
| August | 06:14 | 13:03 | 19:51 | 13 h 37 min | 60.4° |
| September | 06:46 | 12:53 | 18:59 | 12 h 13 min | 49.0° |
| October | 07:18 | 12:44 | 18:10 | 10 h 51 min | 37.6° |
| November | 07:56 | 12:45 | 17:35 | 9 h 40 min | 28.4° |
| December | 08:23 | 12:58 | 17:32 | 9 h 09 min | 24.9° |
A year of daylight in Görogly
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 Görogly
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: 1657 kWh per kWp.
72°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° | 1392 | 84% | 1.36 | 4.4× |
| 15° | 1567 | 95% | 1.98 | 3.1× |
| 30° | 1650 | 100% | 2.50 | 2.3× |
| 36° year-round best | 1657 | 100% | 2.68 | 2.1× |
| 42° = latitude | 1648 | 99% | 2.82 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1638 | 99% | 2.89 | 1.9× |
| 60° | 1533 | 92% | 3.11 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1414 | 85% | 3.17 | 1.5× |
| 72° off-grid best | 1386 | 84% | 3.17 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 1080 | 65% | 3.04 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Görogly produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 72° it makes 3.17 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 36°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Görogly 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 | 1.87 | 3.55 | 3.24 | 2.81 | -3.1 °C |
| February snow | 2.84 | 4.27 | 3.87 | 3.71 | -1.0 °C |
| March | 4.24 | 4.80 | 4.22 | 4.64 | 7.3 °C |
| April | 5.55 | 4.65 | 3.96 | 5.03 | 14.9 °C |
| May | 6.80 | 4.46 | 3.66 | 5.32 | 23.6 °C |
| June | 7.71 | 4.34 | 3.48 | 5.51 | 29.1 °C |
| July | 7.48 | 4.45 | 3.54 | 5.44 | 31.3 °C |
| August | 6.87 | 5.11 | 4.12 | 5.61 | 28.6 °C |
| September | 5.57 | 5.78 | 4.80 | 5.54 | 21.5 °C |
| October | 3.82 | 5.40 | 4.65 | 4.69 | 12.5 °C |
| November | 2.36 | 4.23 | 3.77 | 3.46 | 3.9 °C |
| December snow | 1.66 | 3.48 | 3.17 | 2.68 | -2.3 °C |
| Year | 4.74 avg | 4.54 avg | 1414 kWh | 1657 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 370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 440 Wp at 36°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Görogly
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.
5.4 mrow pitch at 70°
4.6 mrow pitch at 36°
How Görogly compares in Turkmenistan
Against the other 35 places in Turkmenistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
28thof 36 places in Turkmenistan for sunshine: 4.74 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Turkmenistan: 1,657 against 1,670 kWh per kWp.
+24 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Ashgabat: 15 h 12 min against 14 h 48 min.
36°best year-round tilt here; across Turkmenistan it runs from 30° in Sarahs to 36° in Daşoguz.
Of the 36 places in Turkmenistan, Sarahs gets the most sun (5.20 peak sun hours a day) and Türkmenbaşy the least (4.48); Görogly ranks 28th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.17 kWh a day here, against 3.16 kWh on average in Turkmenistan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 09 min, −23 min compared with Ashgabat.
Solar forecast for Görogly, 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.