Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · Pakistan · 34.03° N · 72.48° E
Solar position in Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay — computed for 34.03° N, 72.48° E, 314 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:58 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:27 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:56 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:22 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:54 | 44.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:25 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:51 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:20 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:49 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 03 min | |
Sun path diagram for Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay
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 79.4° at solar noon in Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay; on the December solstice only 32.6°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 57° 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 | 07:13 | 12:21 | 17:29 | 10 h 16 min | 36.1° |
| February | 06:48 | 12:23 | 17:59 | 11 h 11 min | 45.5° |
| March | 06:12 | 12:17 | 18:22 | 12 h 09 min | 56.2° |
| April | 05:32 | 12:08 | 18:45 | 13 h 14 min | 67.9° |
| May | 05:04 | 12:06 | 19:08 | 14 h 04 min | 76.2° |
| June | 04:59 | 12:11 | 19:24 | 14 h 26 min | 79.4° |
| July | 05:13 | 12:16 | 19:19 | 14 h 06 min | 76.4° |
| August | 05:35 | 12:13 | 18:50 | 13 h 15 min | 68.0° |
| September | 05:57 | 12:03 | 18:08 | 12 h 11 min | 56.6° |
| October | 06:19 | 11:54 | 17:29 | 11 h 09 min | 45.3° |
| November | 06:47 | 11:55 | 17:03 | 10 h 16 min | 36.1° |
| December | 07:11 | 12:08 | 17:04 | 9 h 53 min | 32.6° |
A year of daylight in Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay
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 Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1703 kWh per kWp.
45°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° | 1487 | 87% | 2.41 | 2.5× |
| 15° | 1644 | 97% | 3.21 | 1.8× |
| 30° | 1702 | 100% | 3.80 | 1.4× |
| 31° year-round best | 1703 | 100% | 3.83 | 1.4× |
| 34° = latitude | 1701 | 100% | 3.92 | 1.3× |
| 45° off-grid best | 1661 | 98% | 4.16 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1523 | 89% | 4.25 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1382 | 81% | 4.17 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 1012 | 59% | 3.65 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 45° it makes 4.16 kWh per kWp a day, 8% more than at 31°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.93 | 4.75 | 4.17 | 3.83 | 8.3 °C |
| February | 3.52 | 4.46 | 3.88 | 3.98 | 10.5 °C |
| March | 4.80 | 4.73 | 4.02 | 4.71 | 15.8 °C |
| April | 6.11 | 4.43 | 3.68 | 5.15 | 21.6 °C |
| May | 7.21 | 3.94 | 3.18 | 5.35 | 27.4 °C |
| June | 7.40 | 3.54 | 2.81 | 5.15 | 31.3 °C |
| July | 6.52 | 3.47 | 2.76 | 4.70 | 30.3 °C |
| August | 5.96 | 3.87 | 3.12 | 4.67 | 28.4 °C |
| September | 5.67 | 4.97 | 4.06 | 5.10 | 25.9 °C |
| October | 4.77 | 5.82 | 4.84 | 5.11 | 21.4 °C |
| November | 3.44 | 5.36 | 4.56 | 4.29 | 15.3 °C |
| December | 2.86 | 5.04 | 4.37 | 3.90 | 10.6 °C |
| Year | 5.11 avg | 4.53 avg | 1382 kWh | 1703 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 430 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 31°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay
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.
4.0 mrow pitch at 70°
3.5 mrow pitch at 31°
How Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay compares in Pakistan
Against the other 360 places in Pakistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
165thof 361 places in Pakistan for sunshine, shared: 5.11 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Pakistan: 1,703 against 1,674 kWh per kWp.
+13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lahore: 14 h 26 min against 14 h 13 min.
31°best year-round tilt here; across Pakistan it runs from 25° in Hyderabad to 33° in Karimabad.
Of the 361 places in Pakistan, Chaman and one other place get the most sun (6.09 peak sun hours a day) and Skardu the least (4.28); Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay ranks joint 165th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.76 kWh a day here, against 2.48 kWh on average in Pakistan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 53 min, −12 min compared with Lahore.
Solar forecast for Musa Banda/Musa khan kallay, 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.