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Maharashtra · India · 17.05° N · 74.27° E

Solar position in Urun-Islāmpur

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Urun-Islāmpur — computed for 17.05° N, 74.27° E, 592 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:28102° ESE
Sunset today18:05258° WSW
Best panel angle20°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle0°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation61.2°
At solar noon, 12:17Open on the sun map

Sun in Urun-Islāmpur today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5:30

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:15sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:4012° below
Civil dawn06:066° below
Sunrise06:28102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:57sun 6° up
Solar noon12:1761.2° high
Golden hour starts17:36sun 6° up
Sunset18:05258° WSW
Civil dusk18:276° below
Nautical dusk18:5312° below
Astronomical dusk19:1818° below
Day length11 h 38 min

Sun path diagram for Urun-Islāmpur

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice78910111213141516171819EquinoxDecember solstice891011121314151617Today
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  • Equinox
  • December solstice
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On the June solstice the sun reaches 83.6° at solar noon in Urun-Islāmpur; on the December solstice only 49.5°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:0512:4418:2211 h 17 min53.1°
February06:5612:4618:3711 h 41 min62.4°
March06:3612:4018:4312 h 07 min73.2°
April06:1312:3118:5012 h 37 min84.8°
May05:5912:2918:5912 h 59 min86.8°
June06:0012:3419:0913 h 09 min83.6°
July06:0912:3919:0913 h 00 min86.6°
August06:1712:3618:5412 h 37 min85.0°
September06:2112:2618:3012 h 08 min73.6°
October06:2712:1718:0711 h 40 min62.2°
November06:4012:1817:5611 h 16 min53.0°
December06:5712:3018:0411 h 07 min49.5°

A year of daylight in Urun-Islāmpur

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Urun-Islāmpur

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

20°collects the most energy over a year: 1612 kWh per kWp.

0°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 20°Best worst-month 0°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0° off-grid best153395%3.121.7×
15°1607100%2.991.8×
17° = latitude1610100%2.961.8×
20° year-round best1612100%2.911.9×
30°159199%2.712.1×
45°148592%2.322.4×
60°129981%1.842.8×
70°113771%1.503.3×
90°78849%1.073.7×

A fixed array in Urun-Islāmpur produces the most over a year at 20°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.12 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 20°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Urun-Islāmpur at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 20° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.88 (70°)4.9JanFebruary: 4.62 (70°)4.6FebMarch: 3.77 (70°)3.8MarApril: 2.66 (70°)2.7AprMay: 1.88 (70°)1.9MayJune: 1.53 (70°)1.5JunJuly: 1.50 (70°)1.5JulAugust: 1.75 (70°)1.7AugSeptember: 2.42 (70°)2.4SepOctober: 3.39 (70°)3.4OctNovember: 4.30 (70°)4.3NovDecember: 4.81 (70°)4.8Dec20°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 20°Mean temp.
January5.145.894.885.0222.7 °C
February5.995.644.625.4425.2 °C
March6.584.653.775.4628.0 °C
April6.883.332.665.2230.2 °C
May6.802.391.884.8529.9 °C
June4.801.931.533.4726.4 °C
July3.941.881.502.9124.9 °C
August4.072.171.753.1124.4 °C
September4.672.972.423.7624.6 °C
October5.054.133.394.3824.4 °C
November4.935.194.304.6623.1 °C
December4.835.794.814.8022.1 °C
Year5.30 avg3.82 avg1137 kWh1612 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 790 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 410 Wp at 20°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Urun-Islāmpur

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.

2.5 mrow pitch at 70°

2.5 mrow pitch at 20°

Row spacing calculator

How Urun-Islāmpur compares in India

Against the other 3,734 places in India with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

1249thof 3,735 places in India for sunshine, shared: 5.30 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in India: 1,612 against 1,575 kWh per kWp.

−8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mumbai: 13 h 09 min against 13 h 17 min.

20°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); Urun-Islāmpur ranks joint 1249th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.50 kWh a day here, against 1.70 kWh on average in India. The shortest day lasts 11 h 07 min, +8 min compared with Mumbai.

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Solar forecast for Urun-Islāmpur, 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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Questions about the sun in Urun-Islāmpur

What is the best solar panel angle in Urun-Islāmpur?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Urun-Islāmpur is 20°, worth about 1612 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 0°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Urun-Islāmpur today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:28 and sets at 18:05 local time (UTC+5:30), giving 11 h 38 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:17.
How many peak sun hours does Urun-Islāmpur get?
On a flat surface 5.3 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.9 in July to 6.9 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.9 sun hours a day in July.
How high does the sun get in Urun-Islāmpur?
At solar noon the sun stands 83.6° above the horizon on the June solstice and 49.5° on the December solstice.
Is Urun-Islāmpur a good place for solar panels?
With 5.3 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Urun-Islāmpur ranks joint 1249th of 3,735 places in India for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (20°) makes about 1,612 kWh a year here, 2% more than the average place in India.

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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.