Sun Path: Ţarīf Kalbā, UAE

Direct answer

For Ţarīf Kalbā at 25.0695, 56.3312, the declination-only solar-noon altitude is approximately 88.4° at the June solstice, 64.9° at an equinox and 41.5° at the December solstice. Refine these geometry checks with the project date, civil time, facade azimuth, terrain and local horizon. The reproducible location record is GeoNames ID 290680 in administrative area 04, at 25.0695, 56.3312; replace it with the surveyed parcel point before relying on the result. As a transparent geometry check, declination-only solar-noon altitude is about 88.4° at the June solstice, 64.9° at an equinox and 41.5° at the December solstice. Representative 21st-day geometry ranges from about 10.4 hours in December to 13.6 hours in June; this excludes atmospheric refraction, terrain and obstruction effects. The cited national authority is a discovery starting point; current local documents and a named qualified reviewer control project use of this sun path record.

Prepared by Harth · Prepared from the cited location and country sources; local project inputs remain unreviewed · Published 2026-08-26 · Updated 2026-08-31.

What must be verified for Ţarīf Kalbā?

Ţarīf Kalbā is represented here at approximately 25.0695, 56.3312 for discovery and workflow planning. A project address, parcel, elevation, exposure, authority, and submission date must replace that city-centre reference before design use.

How should sun path be established?

1. Fix the surveyed site and local time basis.
2. Select an authoritative weather source or a named solar-position algorithm.
3. Record period, percentile or scenario and units.
4. Test sensitivity to elevation, exposure, urban form and horizon.
5. Save the source file, retrieval date and checker in the model record.

What are the limits of this worksheet?

This sun-path-workflow page is a project-starting worksheet, not a design value or approval. The controlling authority and qualified professionals for the Ţarīf Kalbā site remain authoritative.

Ţarīf Kalbā monthly solar geometry check for sun path

Ţarīf Kalbā solar-geometry fingerprint at 25.0695, 56.3312

• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 January: declination -20.14°, noon altitude 44.79°, zenith 45.21°, geometric daylight 10.683 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 1.007.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 February: declination -11.23°, noon altitude 53.70°, zenith 36.30°, geometric daylight 11.290 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.734.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 March: declination -0.40°, noon altitude 64.53°, zenith 25.47°, geometric daylight 11.975 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.476.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 April: declination +11.58°, noon altitude 76.51°, zenith 13.49°, geometric daylight 12.733 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.240.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 May: declination +20.14°, noon altitude 85.07°, zenith 4.93°, geometric daylight 13.317 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.086.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 June: declination +23.45°, noon altitude 88.38°, zenith 1.62°, geometric daylight 13.561 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.028.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 July: declination +20.44°, noon altitude 85.37°, zenith 4.63°, geometric daylight 13.339 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.081.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 August: declination +11.75°, noon altitude 76.68°, zenith 13.32°, geometric daylight 12.745 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.237.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 September: declination -0.20°, noon altitude 64.73°, zenith 25.27°, geometric daylight 11.987 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.472.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 October: declination -11.75°, noon altitude 53.18°, zenith 36.82°, geometric daylight 11.255 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 0.749.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 November: declination -20.44°, noon altitude 44.49°, zenith 45.51°, geometric daylight 10.661 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 1.018.
• Ţarīf Kalbā, 21 December: declination -23.45°, noon altitude 41.48°, zenith 48.52°, geometric daylight 10.439 hours, and vertical-object noon shadow ratio 1.131.

Harth computed the Ţarīf Kalbā fingerprint for latitude 25.0695° with the Cooper declination approximation, 90° - |latitude - declination| at solar noon, centre-to-centre sunrise hour angle and 1 / tan(altitude) shadow ratio. Longitude 56.3312° is retained for a later civil-time conversion; this screen does not perform that conversion. See NOAA's solar calculation details. Atmospheric refraction, terrain, facade azimuth and obstructions remain outside this first-pass comparison.

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Sources and method

Location data from the GeoNames AE dump (CC BY 4.0, snapshot 2026-08-31, GeoNames ID 290680). Regulatory starting point: UAE Government overview of local building authorities. Figures are illustrative — verify against the current locally adopted edition for the site. Solar-method context: NOAA Solar Calculation Details; the Harth monthly table uses a simpler declination and geometric-daylight approximation whose stated limitations must be retained.

Source links

• download.geonames.org

• u.ae

• gml.noaa.gov