Pakistanis can spot the Qibla’s direction today

Astronomers say the sun will align in position exactly above the Holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque on Thursday at 2:18 pm PST time.

The disc of the sun will be positioned immediately over the Kaaba and it will lose its shadow for a brief time, said Majed Abu Zahra, head of the Jeddah Astronomical Society.

The sun will position itself exactly above the Holy Kaaba in Masjid ul Haram, said Engineer Majid Abu Zahra, president of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah. “For a brief period, there will be no shadow of the Kaaba,” he said.

Abu Zahra said people can determine the exact direction of the Kaaba by placing a wooden stick vertically in the ground; the direction of the Qibla will be the exact opposite to the stick’s shadow.

The sun passes directly over the Kaaba twice a year- on May 27 and July 15.