Sindh · Pakistan · 26.77° N · 68.30° E
Solar position in Pad Idan
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Pad Idan — computed for 26.77° N, 68.30° E, 49 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Pad Idan today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:08 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:31 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:03 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:10 | 51.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:17 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:49 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:13 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:40 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:07 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 18 min | |
Sun path diagram for Pad Idan
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 86.7° at solar noon in Pad Idan; on the December solstice only 39.8°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 53° 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 | 07:16 | 12:38 | 18:00 | 10 h 44 min | 43.4° |
| February | 06:58 | 12:40 | 18:22 | 11 h 25 min | 52.7° |
| March | 06:29 | 12:34 | 18:38 | 12 h 08 min | 63.5° |
| April | 05:57 | 12:25 | 18:53 | 12 h 56 min | 75.1° |
| May | 05:36 | 12:23 | 19:10 | 13 h 34 min | 83.4° |
| June | 05:33 | 12:28 | 19:23 | 13 h 50 min | 86.7° |
| July | 05:45 | 12:33 | 19:20 | 13 h 35 min | 83.7° |
| August | 06:01 | 12:29 | 18:58 | 12 h 57 min | 75.3° |
| September | 06:14 | 12:19 | 18:24 | 12 h 10 min | 63.9° |
| October | 06:29 | 12:11 | 17:53 | 11 h 24 min | 52.5° |
| November | 06:50 | 12:12 | 17:34 | 10 h 44 min | 43.3° |
| December | 07:11 | 12:24 | 17:38 | 10 h 27 min | 39.8° |
A year of daylight in Pad Idan
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 Pad Idan
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
26°collects the most energy over a year: 1742 kWh per kWp.
26°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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1590 | 91% | 3.02 | 1.8× |
| 15° | 1714 | 98% | 3.86 | 1.4× |
| 26° year-round best off-grid best | 1742 | 100% | 4.32 | 1.2× |
| 27° = latitude | 1742 | 100% | 4.35 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1739 | 100% | 4.45 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1664 | 96% | 4.76 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1496 | 86% | 4.78 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1337 | 77% | 4.63 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 948 | 54% | 3.96 | 3.1× |
A fixed array in Pad Idan produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 26° it makes 4.32 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Pad Idan at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 26° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 26° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.97 | 5.42 | 4.61 | 4.44 | 16.2 °C |
| February | 4.89 | 5.45 | 4.57 | 4.92 | 19.9 °C |
| March | 5.99 | 5.16 | 4.21 | 5.32 | 26.0 °C |
| April | 6.78 | 4.25 | 3.38 | 5.27 | 31.9 °C |
| May | 7.14 | 3.48 | 2.70 | 5.07 | 36.1 °C |
| June | 6.83 | 3.05 | 2.35 | 4.69 | 37.2 °C |
| July | 6.16 | 3.04 | 2.36 | 4.34 | 36.2 °C |
| August | 6.06 | 3.49 | 2.74 | 4.52 | 34.6 °C |
| September | 5.97 | 4.49 | 3.56 | 4.90 | 33.0 °C |
| October | 5.36 | 5.48 | 4.41 | 5.01 | 29.6 °C |
| November | 4.24 | 5.48 | 4.52 | 4.49 | 23.4 °C |
| December | 3.76 | 5.49 | 4.63 | 4.32 | 17.8 °C |
| Year | 5.60 avg | 4.52 avg | 1337 kWh | 1742 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 500 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Pad Idan
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.
3.2 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 26°
How Pad Idan compares in Pakistan
Against the other 360 places in Pakistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
43rdof 361 places in Pakistan for sunshine, shared: 5.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Pakistan: 1,742 against 1,674 kWh per kWp.
−23 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lahore: 13 h 50 min against 14 h 13 min.
26°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); Pad Idan ranks joint 43rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.35 kWh a day here, against 2.48 kWh on average in Pakistan. The shortest day lasts 10 h 27 min, +22 min compared with Lahore.
Solar forecast for Pad Idan, 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.