Islam Prayer Times

For Muslims it is obligatory to perform five prayers throughout the day and the night.
These are: Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha.
The times of the prayer are determined by the position of the sun.



Time

Dawn Prayer (before sunrise)
Beginning time for morning prayers

1.Fajr

Angle of the sun under the horizon
Islamic Society of North America: 15°
University Of Karachi, Muslim World League: 18°
Umm Al-Qura University: 19°

Sunrise
end time for morning prayers

Shuruq


Noon Prayer

2.Dhuhr, Zhuhr

The time of Zuhr starts when sun passes its zenith.

Afternoon Prayer

3.Asr

begins when the length of the shadow of a vertical rod
Hanafi:
is equal to its shadow at noon plus twice the length of the rod.
Shafi: is equal to the length of the rod plus its shadow at noon.
It ends about 10 minutes before sunset.

Sunset Prayer

4.Maghrib

begins immediately after sunset

Evening (Night) Prayer

5.Isha

begins, at moderate latitudes, when the sky is completely dark and ends just before the Dawn Prayer.
Angle of the sun under the horizon
Islamic Society of North America: 15°
Muslim World League: 17°
University Of Karachi: 18°
Umm Al-Qura University: 90 minutes after the Sunset

Berlin (52.51° N, 13.41° E) on Jan 1


Example 1:

Online calculator: Islamic Agenda Prayer Times


Example 2:

Online calculator: PrayerMinder Home Page


Computed by my GeoAstro SunEarth Applet


Asr times (minutes after local noon) for one year
Berlin (51.5° N), Cairo (30.1° N), and Riyadh (24.7° N)
computed by my GeoAstro SunEarth Applet


Noon +/- 83 minutes

Local time: 13:38 to 17:32


Noon +/- 106 minutes

Local time: 14:09 to 18:48


Noon +/- 14 minutes

Noon +/- 30 minutes

 

Web Links

 

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Calculation Methods Differences

Juergen Giesen

Updeted: 2007, Feb 07