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Solar position in Khān Neshīn

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Khān Neshīn — computed for 30.55° N, 63.79° E, 642 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:23104° ESE
Sunset today17:33256° WSW
Best panel angle29°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle38°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation47.3°
At solar noon, 11:58Open on the sun map

Sun in Khān Neshīn today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+4:30

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:03sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:3112° below
Civil dawn05:596° below
Sunrise06:23104° ESE
Golden hour ends06:56sun 6° up
Solar noon11:5847.3° high
Golden hour starts17:00sun 6° up
Sunset17:33256° WSW
Civil dusk17:586° below
Nautical dusk18:2612° below
Astronomical dusk18:5418° below
Day length11 h 10 min

Sun path diagram for Khān Neshīn

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice678910111213141516171819EquinoxDecember solstice891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 82.9° at solar noon in Khān Neshīn; on the December solstice only 36.0°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:1112:2617:4110 h 30 min39.6°
February06:4912:2818:0711 h 18 min48.9°
March06:1712:2218:2612 h 09 min59.7°
April05:4112:1318:4613 h 05 min71.4°
May05:1712:1119:0613 h 49 min79.7°
June05:1212:1619:2014 h 07 min82.9°
July05:2612:2119:1613 h 50 min79.9°
August05:4412:1718:5013 h 06 min71.5°
September06:0212:0718:1312 h 11 min60.1°
October06:2111:5917:3711 h 16 min48.7°
November06:4512:0017:1510 h 30 min39.5°
December07:0712:1217:1710 h 10 min36.0°

A year of daylight in Khān Neshīn

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Khān Neshīn

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

29°collects the most energy over a year: 1973 kWh per kWp.

38°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 29°Best worst-month 38°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJanuary kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°175589%3.092.2×
15°192297%4.081.5×
29° year-round best1973100%4.761.2×
30°1972100%4.801.2×
31° = latitude1972100%4.831.2×
38° off-grid best195199%5.051.2×
45°190497%5.211.3×
60°172487%5.291.6×
70°154878%5.152.0×
90°110156%4.464.1×

A fixed array in Khān Neshīn produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 38° it makes 5.05 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 29°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Khān Neshīn at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).

01234567January: 5.15 (70°)5.2JanFebruary: 4.86 (70°)4.9FebMarch: 4.55 (70°)4.6MarApril: 3.79 (70°)3.8AprMay: 3.09 (70°)3.1MayJune: 2.68 (70°)2.7JunJuly: 2.81 (70°)2.8JulAugust: 3.45 (70°)3.5AugSeptember: 4.52 (70°)4.5SepOctober: 5.25 (70°)5.2OctNovember: 5.40 (70°)5.4NovDecember: 5.39 (70°)5.4Dec29°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 29°Mean temp.
January3.745.895.154.768.6 °C
February4.565.614.865.0511.5 °C
March5.765.394.555.5017.6 °C
April6.884.613.795.6323.8 °C
May7.773.853.095.6329.2 °C
June8.353.402.685.6332.4 °C
July7.943.572.815.4733.9 °C
August7.474.343.455.6531.6 °C
September6.775.564.525.9326.9 °C
October5.516.325.255.6921.5 °C
November4.226.345.405.1214.9 °C
December3.616.205.394.809.5 °C
Year6.06 avg5.09 avg1548 kWh1973 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 440 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 250 Wp at 29°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Khān Neshīn

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.

3.6 mrow pitch at 70°

3.3 mrow pitch at 29°

Row spacing calculator

How Khān Neshīn compares in Afghanistan

Against the other 52 places in Afghanistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

1stof 53 places in Afghanistan for sunshine, shared: 6.06 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Afghanistan: 1,973 against 1,821 kWh per kWp.

−21 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kabul: 14 h 07 min against 14 h 28 min.

29°best year-round tilt here; across Afghanistan it runs from 29° in Maymana to 31° in Kabul.

Khān Neshīn shares the top spot for sunshine among the 53 places in Afghanistan (6.06 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Bahārak with 4.97. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.68 kWh a day here, against 3.10 kWh on average in Afghanistan. The shortest day lasts 10 h 10 min, +20 min compared with Kabul.

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Solar forecast for Khān Neshīn, 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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Questions about the sun in Khān Neshīn

What is the best solar panel angle in Khān Neshīn?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Khān Neshīn is 29°, worth about 1973 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through January does better at about 38°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Khān Neshīn today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 17:33 local time (UTC+4:30), giving 11 h 10 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:58.
How many peak sun hours does Khān Neshīn get?
On a flat surface 6.1 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.6 in December to 8.3 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.4 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Khān Neshīn?
At solar noon the sun stands 82.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 36.0° on the December solstice.
Is Khān Neshīn a good place for solar panels?
With 6.1 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Khān Neshīn ranks joint 1st of 53 places in Afghanistan for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (29°) makes about 1,973 kWh a year here, 8% more than the average place in Afghanistan.

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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.