Chechnya · Russia · 43.13° N · 45.54° E
Solar position in Urus-Martan
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Urus-Martan — computed for 43.13° N, 45.54° E, 236 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Urus-Martan today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:46 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:19 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:22 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:01 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:41 | 35.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:21 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:01 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:03 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:36 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 39 min | |
Sun path diagram for Urus-Martan
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 70.3° at solar noon in Urus-Martan; on the December solstice only 23.5°. 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 | 07:23 | 12:09 | 16:55 | 9 h 32 min | 27.0° |
| February | 06:47 | 12:11 | 17:36 | 10 h 49 min | 36.4° |
| March | 05:59 | 12:05 | 18:11 | 12 h 11 min | 47.2° |
| April | 05:06 | 11:56 | 18:47 | 13 h 41 min | 58.8° |
| May | 04:28 | 11:54 | 19:20 | 14 h 52 min | 67.1° |
| June | 04:18 | 11:59 | 19:41 | 15 h 23 min | 70.3° |
| July | 04:37 | 12:04 | 19:30 | 14 h 54 min | 67.3° |
| August | 05:09 | 12:00 | 18:51 | 13 h 42 min | 58.9° |
| September | 05:43 | 11:50 | 17:57 | 12 h 14 min | 47.5° |
| October | 06:18 | 11:42 | 17:05 | 10 h 47 min | 36.1° |
| November | 06:57 | 11:43 | 16:29 | 9 h 31 min | 27.0° |
| December | 07:26 | 11:55 | 16:25 | 8 h 59 min | 23.5° |
A year of daylight in Urus-Martan
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 Urus-Martan
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
35°collects the most energy over a year: 1303 kWh per kWp.
68°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° | 1110 | 85% | 1.09 | 4.6× |
| 15° | 1239 | 95% | 1.55 | 3.2× |
| 30° | 1299 | 100% | 1.93 | 2.5× |
| 35° year-round best | 1303 | 100% | 2.04 | 2.3× |
| 43° = latitude | 1292 | 99% | 2.17 | 2.1× |
| 45° | 1286 | 99% | 2.20 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1202 | 92% | 2.35 | 1.7× |
| 68° off-grid best | 1130 | 87% | 2.37 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1110 | 85% | 2.37 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 853 | 65% | 2.22 | 1.5× |
A fixed array in Urus-Martan produces the most over a year at 35°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 68° it makes 2.37 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 35°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Urus-Martan at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 35° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 35° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.58 | 2.77 | 2.52 | 2.24 | -1.8 °C |
| February snow | 2.37 | 3.36 | 3.03 | 2.93 | -0.6 °C |
| March | 3.19 | 3.43 | 3.04 | 3.36 | 4.2 °C |
| April | 4.41 | 3.74 | 3.24 | 4.07 | 9.4 °C |
| May | 5.36 | 3.69 | 3.12 | 4.39 | 15.8 °C |
| June | 6.11 | 3.74 | 3.09 | 4.68 | 20.6 °C |
| July | 5.99 | 3.81 | 3.12 | 4.62 | 23.5 °C |
| August | 5.52 | 4.26 | 3.50 | 4.67 | 23.3 °C |
| September | 4.20 | 4.30 | 3.62 | 4.16 | 18.2 °C |
| October | 2.75 | 3.68 | 3.18 | 3.22 | 11.6 °C |
| November | 1.75 | 3.01 | 2.67 | 2.44 | 4.6 °C |
| December snow | 1.35 | 2.63 | 2.37 | 2.04 | -0.1 °C |
| Year | 3.72 avg | 3.53 avg | 1110 kWh | 1303 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 500 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 580 Wp at 35°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Urus-Martan
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.
5.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.7 mrow pitch at 35°
How Urus-Martan compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
121stof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 3.72 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,303 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
−2 h 11 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 15 h 23 min against 17 h 34 min.
35°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.
Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Urus-Martan ranks joint 121st. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.37 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 59 min, +1 h 59 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Urus-Martan, 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.