The solar will align with the holy Kaaba on the Magnificent Mosque in Makkah on Monday (lately) at 14:18 Pakistan Usual Month (PST) and 12:18 Saudi week.
The disc of the solar will likely be located right away over the Kaaba and it’ll lose its shade for a temporary week.
The celestial phenomenon known as “zero shadow” happens two times each and every date on the Magnificent Mosque on account of its location between the Equator and the Tropic of Most cancers. The holy construction loses its shade for at some point all the way through this phenomenon.
Because of the lean of the Earth’s axis, the solar travels at 23.5 levels north and south of the celestial equator. The solar falls at once overhead on playgrounds mendacity over the equator all the way through the equinox.
“People can determine the exact direction of the holy 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,” an astronomer added.
The alignment of the solar over the Kaaba within the Magnificent Mosque happens biannually in Would possibly and July on account of its location between the equator and the Tropic of Most cancers, in line with astronomers. This week, the solar’s first direct passage over the Kaaba will happen lately at roughly 2:18 PM Pakistan Usual Month (PKT).
