Karnataka · India · 16.47° N · 75.12° E
Solar position in Rabkavi-Banhatti
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Rabkavi-Banhatti — computed for 16.47° N, 75.12° E, 548 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Rabkavi-Banhatti today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:11 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:36 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:02 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:24 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:53 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:13 | 61.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:33 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:03 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:24 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:50 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 39 min | |
Sun path diagram for Rabkavi-Banhatti
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 83.0° at solar noon in Rabkavi-Banhatti; on the December solstice only 50.1°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° 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 | 07:01 | 12:40 | 18:20 | 11 h 18 min | 53.7° |
| February | 06:52 | 12:43 | 18:34 | 11 h 42 min | 63.0° |
| March | 06:33 | 12:36 | 18:40 | 12 h 07 min | 73.8° |
| April | 06:10 | 12:28 | 18:46 | 12 h 36 min | 85.4° |
| May | 05:57 | 12:26 | 18:54 | 12 h 57 min | 86.3° |
| June | 05:57 | 12:31 | 19:04 | 13 h 07 min | 83.0° |
| July | 06:06 | 12:35 | 19:04 | 12 h 58 min | 86.0° |
| August | 06:14 | 12:32 | 18:50 | 12 h 36 min | 85.6° |
| September | 06:18 | 12:22 | 18:26 | 12 h 08 min | 74.2° |
| October | 06:23 | 12:14 | 18:04 | 11 h 41 min | 62.8° |
| November | 06:36 | 12:15 | 17:54 | 11 h 18 min | 53.6° |
| December | 06:53 | 12:27 | 18:01 | 11 h 09 min | 50.1° |
A year of daylight in Rabkavi-Banhatti
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 Rabkavi-Banhatti
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
19°collects the most energy over a year: 1637 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 | 1562 | 95% | 3.40 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1633 | 100% | 3.25 | 1.7× |
| 16° = latitude | 1635 | 100% | 3.23 | 1.7× |
| 19° year-round best | 1637 | 100% | 3.18 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1612 | 99% | 2.94 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1501 | 92% | 2.50 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 1308 | 80% | 1.96 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 1142 | 70% | 1.58 | 3.1× |
| 90° | 790 | 48% | 1.14 | 3.8× |
A fixed array in Rabkavi-Banhatti produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.40 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 19°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Rabkavi-Banhatti at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 19° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.22 | 5.95 | 4.92 | 5.05 | 22.8 °C |
| February | 6.07 | 5.67 | 4.64 | 5.47 | 25.6 °C |
| March | 6.58 | 4.59 | 3.71 | 5.43 | 28.7 °C |
| April | 6.78 | 3.24 | 2.58 | 5.13 | 31.0 °C |
| May | 6.72 | 2.32 | 1.83 | 4.81 | 30.6 °C |
| June | 5.08 | 1.99 | 1.58 | 3.68 | 26.6 °C |
| July | 4.29 | 1.99 | 1.58 | 3.18 | 25.2 °C |
| August | 4.38 | 2.29 | 1.84 | 3.35 | 24.8 °C |
| September | 4.85 | 3.04 | 2.48 | 3.91 | 24.9 °C |
| October | 5.10 | 4.13 | 3.39 | 4.40 | 24.5 °C |
| November | 4.95 | 5.15 | 4.26 | 4.64 | 23.1 °C |
| December | 4.90 | 5.83 | 4.84 | 4.82 | 22.1 °C |
| Year | 5.40 avg | 3.84 avg | 1142 kWh | 1637 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 750 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Rabkavi-Banhatti
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.
2.4 mrow pitch at 70°
2.5 mrow pitch at 19°
How Rabkavi-Banhatti compares in India
Against the other 3,734 places in India with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
675thof 3,735 places in India for sunshine, shared: 5.40 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in India: 1,636 against 1,575 kWh per kWp.
−10 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mumbai: 13 h 07 min against 13 h 17 min.
19°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); Rabkavi-Banhatti ranks joint 675th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.58 kWh a day here, against 1.70 kWh on average in India. The shortest day lasts 11 h 09 min, +10 min compared with Mumbai.
Solar forecast for Rabkavi-Banhatti, 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.