Sistan and Baluchestan · Iran · 26.25° N · 60.75° E
Solar position in Qaşr-e Qand
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Qaşr-e Qand — computed for 26.25° N, 60.75° E, 503 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Qaşr-e Qand today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:07 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:30 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:02 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:11 | 52.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:19 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:51 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:14 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 17:41 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:08 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Qaşr-e Qand
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 87.2° at solar noon in Qaşr-e Qand; on the December solstice only 40.3°. 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 | 06:15 | 11:38 | 17:01 | 10 h 46 min | 43.9° |
| February | 05:57 | 11:40 | 17:23 | 11 h 26 min | 53.3° |
| March | 05:30 | 11:34 | 17:38 | 12 h 08 min | 64.0° |
| April | 04:58 | 11:25 | 17:53 | 12 h 55 min | 75.7° |
| May | 04:37 | 11:23 | 18:09 | 13 h 32 min | 84.0° |
| June | 04:35 | 11:28 | 18:22 | 13 h 47 min | 87.2° |
| July | 04:46 | 11:33 | 18:19 | 13 h 33 min | 84.2° |
| August | 05:02 | 11:30 | 17:57 | 12 h 56 min | 75.8° |
| September | 05:15 | 11:20 | 17:24 | 12 h 10 min | 64.4° |
| October | 05:29 | 11:11 | 16:53 | 11 h 25 min | 53.0° |
| November | 05:49 | 11:12 | 16:35 | 10 h 46 min | 43.8° |
| December | 06:10 | 11:24 | 16:39 | 10 h 30 min | 40.3° |
A year of daylight in Qaşr-e Qand
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 Qaşr-e Qand
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: 1865 kWh per kWp.
27°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° | 1704 | 91% | 3.25 | 1.8× |
| 15° | 1836 | 98% | 4.21 | 1.3× |
| 26° year-round best = latitude | 1865 | 100% | 4.74 | 1.2× |
| 27° off-grid best | 1865 | 100% | 4.78 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1861 | 100% | 4.89 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1778 | 95% | 5.26 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1592 | 85% | 5.30 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1420 | 76% | 5.14 | 2.2× |
| 90° | 999 | 54% | 4.40 | 3.7× |
A fixed array in Qaşr-e Qand produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 27° it makes 4.78 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Qaşr-e Qand 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 | 4.21 | 5.92 | 5.03 | 4.80 | 15.6 °C |
| February | 4.99 | 5.56 | 4.70 | 5.07 | 17.7 °C |
| March | 6.09 | 5.21 | 4.32 | 5.49 | 22.3 °C |
| April | 6.97 | 4.28 | 3.46 | 5.50 | 27.6 °C |
| May | 7.43 | 3.44 | 2.72 | 5.30 | 32.5 °C |
| June | 7.41 | 3.02 | 2.36 | 5.07 | 34.0 °C |
| July | 6.80 | 3.17 | 2.49 | 4.80 | 33.4 °C |
| August | 6.71 | 3.73 | 2.95 | 5.03 | 32.1 °C |
| September | 6.33 | 4.71 | 3.78 | 5.24 | 30.3 °C |
| October | 5.56 | 5.66 | 4.60 | 5.24 | 27.4 °C |
| November | 4.65 | 6.24 | 5.17 | 5.06 | 21.8 °C |
| December | 4.05 | 6.10 | 5.14 | 4.74 | 17.5 °C |
| Year | 5.94 avg | 4.75 avg | 1420 kWh | 1865 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 250 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Qaşr-e Qand
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 Qaşr-e Qand compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
22ndof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.94 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,865 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−48 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 13 h 47 min against 14 h 35 min.
26°best year-round tilt here; across Iran it runs from 24° in Kīsh to 33° in Khūy.
Of the 423 places in Iran, Jālq gets the most sun (6.10 peak sun hours a day) and Bandar-e Anzalī the least (3.92); Qaşr-e Qand ranks joint 22nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.36 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 30 min, +45 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Qaşr-e Qand, 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.