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Sylhet Division · Bangladesh · 24.49° N · 91.77° E

Solar position in Maulavi Bāzār

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Maulavi Bāzār — computed for 24.49° N, 91.77° E, 19 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:55103° ESE
Sunset today17:18257° WSW
Best panel angle27°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle7°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation53.4°
At solar noon, 11:36Open on the sun map

Sun in Maulavi Bāzār today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:39sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0512° below
Civil dawn05:326° below
Sunrise05:55103° ESE
Golden hour ends06:26sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3653.4° high
Golden hour starts16:47sun 6° up
Sunset17:18257° WSW
Civil dusk17:416° below
Nautical dusk18:0812° below
Astronomical dusk18:3418° below
Day length11 h 23 min

Sun path diagram for Maulavi Bāzār

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 solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 88.9° at solar noon in Maulavi Bāzār; on the December solstice only 42.1°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:3812:0417:3010 h 52 min45.6°
February06:2212:0617:5011 h 28 min55.0°
March05:5612:0018:0412 h 08 min65.8°
April05:2611:5118:1712 h 51 min77.4°
May05:0711:4918:3213 h 25 min85.7°
June05:0411:5418:4413 h 39 min88.9°
July05:1611:5918:4213 h 26 min86.0°
August05:2911:5618:2212 h 52 min77.6°
September05:4111:4517:5012 h 10 min66.2°
October05:5311:3717:2111 h 28 min54.8°
November06:1211:3817:0410 h 52 min45.6°
December06:3211:5017:0910 h 37 min42.1°

A year of daylight in Maulavi Bāzār

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 Maulavi Bāzār

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

27°collects the most energy over a year: 1465 kWh per kWp.

7°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 27°Best worst-month 7°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°133191%3.451.4×
7° off-grid best139095%3.421.3×
15°143798%3.341.4×
24° = latitude1462100%3.201.5×
27° year-round best1465100%3.141.5×
30°1463100%3.071.6×
45°140996%2.671.9×
60°127987%2.152.3×
70°115479%1.762.6×
90°84258%1.143.4×

A fixed array in Maulavi Bāzār produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 7° it makes 3.42 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 27°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Maulavi Bāzār at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).

012345January: 4.35 (70°)4.4JanFebruary: 4.25 (70°)4.3FebMarch: 3.54 (70°)3.5MarApril: 2.70 (70°)2.7AprMay: 2.09 (70°)2.1MayJune: 1.76 (70°)1.8JunJuly: 1.91 (70°)1.9JulAugust: 2.23 (70°)2.2AugSeptember: 2.59 (70°)2.6SepOctober: 3.42 (70°)3.4OctNovember: 4.63 (70°)4.6NovDecember: 4.55 (70°)4.6Dec27°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 27°Mean temp.
January3.955.144.354.3317.3 °C
February4.795.094.254.7320.5 °C
March5.334.323.544.6225.0 °C
April5.373.342.704.1727.5 °C
May5.052.622.093.6828.0 °C
June4.392.231.763.1428.0 °C
July4.552.401.913.2927.9 °C
August4.702.792.233.5427.9 °C
September4.463.212.593.6127.3 °C
October4.444.183.424.0725.7 °C
November4.365.574.634.6822.0 °C
December3.815.404.554.3518.4 °C
Year4.60 avg3.85 avg1154 kWh1465 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 670 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Maulavi Bāzār

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 27°

Row spacing calculator

How Maulavi Bāzār compares in Bangladesh

Against the other 132 places in Bangladesh with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

26thof 133 places in Bangladesh for sunshine, shared: 4.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Bangladesh: 1,464 against 1,428 kWh per kWp.

+3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Dhaka: 13 h 39 min against 13 h 36 min.

27°best year-round tilt here; across Bangladesh it runs from 23° in Taluker Char Doani to 28° in Sylhet.

Of the 133 places in Bangladesh, Hāthazāri and one other place get the most sun (4.91 peak sun hours a day) and Panchagarh the least (4.36); Maulavi Bāzār ranks joint 26th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.76 kWh a day here, against 1.76 kWh on average in Bangladesh. The shortest day lasts 10 h 37 min, −3 min compared with Dhaka.

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Solar forecast for Maulavi Bāzār, 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 Maulavi Bāzār

What is the best solar panel angle in Maulavi Bāzār?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Maulavi Bāzār is 27°, worth about 1465 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 7°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Maulavi Bāzār today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:55 and sets at 17:18 local time (UTC+6), giving 11 h 23 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:36.
How many peak sun hours does Maulavi Bāzār get?
On a flat surface 4.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.8 in December to 5.4 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.2 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Maulavi Bāzār?
At solar noon the sun stands 88.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 42.1° on the December solstice.
Is Maulavi Bāzār a good place for solar panels?
With 4.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Maulavi Bāzār ranks joint 26th of 133 places in Bangladesh for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (27°) makes about 1,464 kWh a year here, 3% more than the average place in Bangladesh.

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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.