Chuy Region · Kyrgyzstan · 42.84° N · 75.30° E
Solar position in Tokmok
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Tokmok — computed for 42.84° N, 75.30° E, 800 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Tokmok today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:48 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:54 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:23 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:03 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:42 | 35.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:21 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:01 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:03 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:36 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 37 min | |
Sun path diagram for Tokmok
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 70.6° at solar noon in Tokmok; on the December solstice only 23.8°. Sunrise swings from 56° NE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 66° 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 | 08:23 | 13:10 | 17:57 | 9 h 34 min | 27.3° |
| February | 07:47 | 13:12 | 18:37 | 10 h 50 min | 36.7° |
| March | 07:00 | 13:06 | 19:11 | 12 h 11 min | 47.4° |
| April | 06:08 | 12:57 | 19:47 | 13 h 39 min | 59.1° |
| May | 05:30 | 12:55 | 20:20 | 14 h 50 min | 67.4° |
| June | 05:20 | 13:00 | 20:40 | 15 h 21 min | 70.6° |
| July | 05:38 | 13:05 | 20:31 | 14 h 52 min | 67.6° |
| August | 06:11 | 13:01 | 19:52 | 13 h 41 min | 59.2° |
| September | 06:44 | 12:51 | 18:58 | 12 h 14 min | 47.8° |
| October | 07:18 | 12:43 | 18:07 | 10 h 48 min | 36.5° |
| November | 07:57 | 12:44 | 17:30 | 9 h 33 min | 27.3° |
| December | 08:26 | 12:56 | 17:27 | 9 h 01 min | 23.8° |
A year of daylight in Tokmok
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 Tokmok
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
37°collects the most energy over a year: 1600 kWh per kWp.
65°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° | 1327 | 83% | 1.48 | 3.7× |
| 15° | 1501 | 94% | 2.18 | 2.6× |
| 30° | 1589 | 99% | 2.76 | 2.0× |
| 37° year-round best | 1600 | 100% | 2.99 | 1.8× |
| 43° = latitude | 1594 | 100% | 3.15 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1589 | 99% | 3.20 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1501 | 94% | 3.46 | 1.4× |
| 65° off-grid best | 1452 | 91% | 3.51 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1396 | 87% | 3.53 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 1095 | 68% | 3.40 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Tokmok produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 65° it makes 3.51 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 37°, and costs 9% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Tokmok at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 37° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.16 | 4.21 | 3.93 | 3.41 | -8.2 °C |
| February snow | 3.07 | 4.77 | 4.40 | 4.10 | -5.7 °C |
| March | 4.08 | 4.52 | 4.06 | 4.48 | 1.3 °C |
| April | 4.98 | 4.23 | 3.71 | 4.65 | 6.9 °C |
| May | 6.20 | 4.16 | 3.57 | 5.09 | 12.0 °C |
| June | 6.65 | 3.95 | 3.32 | 5.04 | 16.8 °C |
| July | 6.69 | 4.14 | 3.45 | 5.13 | 19.5 °C |
| August | 6.24 | 4.76 | 3.99 | 5.34 | 18.6 °C |
| September | 5.02 | 5.26 | 4.52 | 5.19 | 13.2 °C |
| October | 3.29 | 4.59 | 4.05 | 4.10 | 6.2 °C |
| November snow | 2.07 | 3.74 | 3.39 | 3.07 | -0.8 °C |
| December snow | 1.77 | 3.81 | 3.53 | 2.99 | -6.7 °C |
| Year | 4.36 avg | 4.34 avg | 1396 kWh | 1600 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 360 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 10% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Tokmok
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.
5.7 mrow pitch at 70°
4.8 mrow pitch at 37°
How Tokmok compares in Kyrgyzstan
Against the other 30 places in Kyrgyzstan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
22ndof 31 places in Kyrgyzstan for sunshine, shared: 4.36 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Kyrgyzstan: 1,600 against 1,608 kWh per kWp.
±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bishkek: 15 h 21 min against 15 h 21 min.
37°best year-round tilt here; across Kyrgyzstan it runs from 32° in Razzakov to 38° in Balykchy.
Of the 31 places in Kyrgyzstan, Nookat and 2 other places get the most sun (4.66 peak sun hours a day) and Kyzyl-Suu the least (4.11); Tokmok ranks joint 22nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.32 kWh a day here, against 3.27 kWh on average in Kyrgyzstan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 01 min, ±0 min compared with Bishkek.
Solar forecast for Tokmok, 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.