Sagaing Region · Myanmar · 24.18° N · 96.34° E
Solar position in Katha
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Katha — computed for 24.18° N, 96.34° E, 102 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Katha today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+6:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:50 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:16 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:43 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:06 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:37 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:48 | 54.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:00 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:30 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:54 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:20 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:47 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 25 min | |
Sun path diagram for Katha
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 89.3° at solar noon in Katha; on the December solstice only 42.4°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 52° 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 | 06:49 | 12:15 | 17:42 | 10 h 53 min | 45.9° |
| February | 06:33 | 12:18 | 18:02 | 11 h 29 min | 55.3° |
| March | 06:08 | 12:11 | 18:16 | 12 h 08 min | 66.1° |
| April | 05:38 | 12:03 | 18:28 | 12 h 51 min | 77.7° |
| May | 05:19 | 12:01 | 18:43 | 13 h 24 min | 86.0° |
| June | 05:17 | 12:06 | 18:55 | 13 h 38 min | 89.3° |
| July | 05:28 | 12:11 | 18:53 | 13 h 25 min | 86.3° |
| August | 05:41 | 12:07 | 18:33 | 12 h 52 min | 77.9° |
| September | 05:52 | 11:57 | 18:02 | 12 h 10 min | 66.5° |
| October | 06:04 | 11:49 | 17:33 | 11 h 28 min | 55.1° |
| November | 06:23 | 11:50 | 17:16 | 10 h 53 min | 45.9° |
| December | 06:43 | 12:02 | 17:21 | 10 h 39 min | 42.4° |
A year of daylight in Katha
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 Katha
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
28°collects the most energy over a year: 1462 kWh per kWp.
1°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° | 1322 | 90% | 3.18 | 1.4× |
| 1° off-grid best | 1331 | 91% | 3.18 | 1.4× |
| 15° | 1431 | 98% | 3.11 | 1.5× |
| 24° = latitude | 1459 | 100% | 3.00 | 1.6× |
| 28° year-round best | 1462 | 100% | 2.93 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1461 | 100% | 2.90 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1411 | 97% | 2.56 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1284 | 88% | 2.13 | 2.4× |
| 70° | 1161 | 79% | 1.79 | 2.7× |
| 90° | 853 | 58% | 1.19 | 3.4× |
A fixed array in Katha produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 1° it makes 3.18 kWh per kWp a day, 8% more than at 28°, and costs 9% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Katha at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 28° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 28° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.31 | 5.85 | 4.90 | 4.83 | 19.6 °C |
| February | 5.04 | 5.44 | 4.51 | 5.00 | 22.7 °C |
| March | 5.42 | 4.38 | 3.57 | 4.67 | 26.6 °C |
| April | 5.61 | 3.44 | 2.75 | 4.30 | 29.8 °C |
| May | 5.33 | 2.73 | 2.16 | 3.81 | 30.8 °C |
| June | 4.53 | 2.35 | 1.85 | 3.19 | 30.4 °C |
| July | 4.10 | 2.28 | 1.79 | 2.93 | 29.8 °C |
| August | 4.23 | 2.56 | 2.03 | 3.14 | 29.9 °C |
| September | 4.30 | 3.08 | 2.46 | 3.42 | 29.6 °C |
| October | 4.22 | 3.88 | 3.14 | 3.79 | 27.7 °C |
| November | 4.31 | 5.41 | 4.45 | 4.56 | 24.3 °C |
| December | 3.95 | 5.59 | 4.67 | 4.49 | 20.7 °C |
| Year | 4.61 avg | 3.91 avg | 1161 kWh | 1462 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 660 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 400 Wp at 28°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Katha
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.
3.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.9 mrow pitch at 28°
How Katha compares in Myanmar
Against the other 160 places in Myanmar with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
144thof 161 places in Myanmar for sunshine, shared: 4.61 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Myanmar: 1,462 against 1,521 kWh per kWp.
+30 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Yangon: 13 h 38 min against 13 h 08 min.
28°best year-round tilt here; across Myanmar it runs from 11° in Kawthoung to 30° in Myitkyina.
Of the 161 places in Myanmar, Taungdwingyi gets the most sun (5.31 peak sun hours a day) and Danai the least (4.09); Katha ranks joint 144th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.80 kWh a day here, against 1.58 kWh on average in Myanmar. The shortest day lasts 10 h 39 min, −29 min compared with Yangon.
Solar forecast for Katha, 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.