Gorno-Badakhshan · Tajikistan · 37.49° N · 71.55° E
Solar position in Khorugh
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Khorugh — computed for 37.49° N, 71.55° E, 2089 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Khorugh today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:02 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:33 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:03 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:30 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:06 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:57 | 40.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:49 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:25 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:51 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:52 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 55 min | |
Sun path diagram for Khorugh
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 76.0° at solar noon in Khorugh; on the December solstice only 29.1°. Sunrise swings from 59° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 60° 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 | 07:24 | 12:25 | 17:25 | 10 h 01 min | 32.6° |
| February | 06:56 | 12:27 | 17:59 | 11 h 03 min | 42.0° |
| March | 06:16 | 12:21 | 18:26 | 12 h 10 min | 52.8° |
| April | 05:31 | 12:12 | 18:54 | 13 h 23 min | 64.4° |
| May | 05:00 | 12:10 | 19:20 | 14 h 21 min | 72.7° |
| June | 04:52 | 12:15 | 19:38 | 14 h 45 min | 76.0° |
| July | 05:08 | 12:20 | 19:31 | 14 h 22 min | 73.0° |
| August | 05:34 | 12:16 | 18:58 | 13 h 24 min | 64.6° |
| September | 06:00 | 12:06 | 18:12 | 12 h 12 min | 53.2° |
| October | 06:27 | 11:58 | 17:29 | 11 h 02 min | 41.8° |
| November | 06:59 | 11:59 | 16:59 | 10 h 00 min | 32.6° |
| December | 07:24 | 12:11 | 16:58 | 9 h 34 min | 29.1° |
A year of daylight in Khorugh
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 Khorugh
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
32°collects the most energy over a year: 1655 kWh per kWp.
57°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 | January kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1463 | 88% | 1.77 | 3.6× |
| 15° | 1601 | 97% | 2.31 | 2.8× |
| 30° | 1655 | 100% | 2.76 | 2.3× |
| 32° year-round best | 1655 | 100% | 2.81 | 2.3× |
| 37° = latitude | 1650 | 100% | 2.92 | 2.2× |
| 45° | 1622 | 98% | 3.07 | 2.1× |
| 57° off-grid best | 1536 | 93% | 3.20 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1506 | 91% | 3.22 | 1.9× |
| 70° | 1387 | 84% | 3.23 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 1069 | 65% | 3.02 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Khorugh produces the most over a year at 32°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 57° it makes 3.20 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 32°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Khorugh at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 32° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 32° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.02 | 3.40 | 3.23 | 2.81 | -14.1 °C |
| February snow | 2.37 | 3.15 | 2.96 | 2.82 | -12.4 °C |
| March snow | 3.62 | 4.01 | 3.70 | 3.85 | -6.9 °C |
| April snow | 5.07 | 4.19 | 3.79 | 4.72 | -1.3 °C |
| May | 6.17 | 3.84 | 3.41 | 5.15 | 2.9 °C |
| June | 6.80 | 3.75 | 3.28 | 5.35 | 6.9 °C |
| July | 7.42 | 4.08 | 3.53 | 5.82 | 9.9 °C |
| August | 7.37 | 4.97 | 4.33 | 6.34 | 9.3 °C |
| September | 6.27 | 5.97 | 5.29 | 6.38 | 4.9 °C |
| October snow | 4.07 | 5.39 | 4.88 | 4.87 | -0.6 °C |
| November snow | 2.43 | 3.88 | 3.58 | 3.19 | -6.0 °C |
| December snow | 2.04 | 3.78 | 3.56 | 3.00 | -11.4 °C |
| Year | 4.65 avg | 4.20 avg | 1387 kWh | 1655 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through February on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 400 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 420 Wp at 32°. The steep array is 5% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Khorugh
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.
4.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.9 mrow pitch at 32°
How Khorugh compares in Tajikistan
Against the other 30 places in Tajikistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
22ndof 31 places in Tajikistan for sunshine, shared: 4.65 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Tajikistan: 1,655 against 1,633 kWh per kWp.
−6 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Dushanbe: 14 h 45 min against 14 h 52 min.
32°best year-round tilt here; across Tajikistan it runs from 31° in Dushanbe to 33° in Isfara.
Of the 31 places in Tajikistan, Zarhalol gets the most sun (5.11 peak sun hours a day) and Muchun the least (4.60); Khorugh ranks joint 22nd. In its darkest month, February, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.96 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Tajikistan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 34 min, +6 min compared with Dushanbe.
Solar forecast for Khorugh, 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.