Kerala · India · 10.80° N · 76.22° E
Solar position in Ongallur-I
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ongallur-I — computed for 10.80° N, 76.22° E, 55 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ongallur-I today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+5:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:03 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:28 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:15 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:43 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:09 | 67.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:34 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:03 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:24 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:49 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:14 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 48 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ongallur-I
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 77.4° at solar noon in Ongallur-I; on the December solstice only 55.8°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 06:48 | 12:36 | 18:24 | 11 h 36 min | 59.3° |
| February | 06:43 | 12:38 | 18:34 | 11 h 51 min | 68.7° |
| March | 06:28 | 12:32 | 18:35 | 12 h 07 min | 79.5° |
| April | 06:11 | 12:23 | 18:36 | 12 h 25 min | 88.9° |
| May | 06:02 | 12:21 | 18:41 | 12 h 39 min | 80.6° |
| June | 06:04 | 12:26 | 18:49 | 12 h 45 min | 77.4° |
| July | 06:11 | 12:31 | 18:51 | 12 h 40 min | 80.4° |
| August | 06:15 | 12:28 | 18:41 | 12 h 26 min | 88.7° |
| September | 06:14 | 12:18 | 18:22 | 12 h 08 min | 79.9° |
| October | 06:14 | 12:09 | 18:04 | 11 h 50 min | 68.5° |
| November | 06:23 | 12:10 | 17:58 | 11 h 36 min | 59.3° |
| December | 06:38 | 12:23 | 18:07 | 11 h 30 min | 55.8° |
A year of daylight in Ongallur-I
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 Ongallur-I
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
13°collects the most energy over a year: 1527 kWh per kWp.
0°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° off-grid best | 1493 | 98% | 3.29 | 1.5× |
| 11° = latitude | 1526 | 100% | 3.16 | 1.6× |
| 13° year-round best | 1527 | 100% | 3.13 | 1.7× |
| 15° | 1526 | 100% | 3.09 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1476 | 97% | 2.74 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1347 | 88% | 2.27 | 2.3× |
| 60° | 1147 | 75% | 1.71 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 985 | 65% | 1.35 | 3.5× |
| 90° | 674 | 44% | 1.06 | 3.2× |
A fixed array in Ongallur-I produces the most over a year at 13°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.29 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 13°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ongallur-I at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 13° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 13° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.49 | 5.44 | 4.47 | 4.88 | 24.6 °C |
| February | 6.10 | 4.99 | 4.07 | 5.20 | 26.2 °C |
| March | 6.30 | 3.90 | 3.16 | 5.09 | 27.8 °C |
| April | 6.02 | 2.67 | 2.14 | 4.64 | 28.0 °C |
| May | 5.39 | 1.93 | 1.53 | 4.04 | 26.9 °C |
| June | 4.31 | 1.63 | 1.29 | 3.22 | 25.3 °C |
| July | 4.14 | 1.70 | 1.35 | 3.13 | 24.5 °C |
| August | 4.50 | 2.05 | 1.65 | 3.48 | 24.3 °C |
| September | 5.08 | 2.86 | 2.33 | 4.07 | 24.6 °C |
| October | 4.84 | 3.51 | 2.87 | 4.02 | 24.8 °C |
| November | 4.75 | 4.26 | 3.50 | 4.11 | 24.5 °C |
| December | 4.92 | 5.01 | 4.13 | 4.40 | 24.1 °C |
| Year | 5.15 avg | 3.32 avg | 985 kWh | 1527 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 920 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 13°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ongallur-I
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.
2.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.3 mrow pitch at 13°
How Ongallur-I compares in India
Against the other 3,734 places in India with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
2152ndof 3,735 places in India for sunshine, shared: 5.15 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in India: 1,527 against 1,575 kWh per kWp.
−31 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mumbai: 12 h 45 min against 13 h 17 min.
13°best year-round tilt here; across India it runs from 8° in Tirunelveli to 33° in Leh.
Of the 3,735 places in India, Balotra gets the most sun (5.73 peak sun hours a day) and Jining the least (3.68); Ongallur-I ranks joint 2152nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.29 kWh a day here, against 1.70 kWh on average in India. The shortest day lasts 11 h 30 min, +31 min compared with Mumbai.
Solar forecast for Ongallur-I, 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.