How Prayer Times Are Calculated: The Astronomy Behind Fajr to Isha
A plain-language explanation of how the five daily prayer times are worked out from the sun's position, and why they change through the year and from city to city.
Read the guide →Check today's Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha for 1,219 cities in 197 countries, open a full monthly timetable with Hijri dates, and learn how the times are calculated.
Today's times for some of the most searched cities. Select a city for its full monthly timetable.
| City | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makkah | 05:07 AM | 06:25 AM | 12:04 PM | 03:19 PM | 05:44 PM | 07:14 PM |
| Madinah | 05:10 AM | 06:29 AM | 12:05 PM | 03:17 PM | 05:41 PM | 07:11 PM |
| Riyadh | 04:42 AM | 06:01 AM | 11:37 AM | 02:48 PM | 05:12 PM | 06:42 PM |
| Karachi | 05:23 AM | 06:40 AM | 12:16 PM | 04:14 PM | 05:50 PM | 07:08 PM |
| Lahore | 04:57 AM | 06:20 AM | 11:46 AM | 03:34 PM | 05:12 PM | 06:35 PM |
| Dhaka | 04:48 AM | 06:05 AM | 11:42 AM | 03:42 PM | 05:18 PM | 06:35 PM |
| New Delhi | 05:14 AM | 06:34 AM | 12:05 PM | 03:58 PM | 05:35 PM | 06:55 PM |
| Dubai | 05:09 AM | 06:25 AM | 12:05 PM | 03:17 PM | 05:40 PM | 06:56 PM |
| Istanbul | 06:04 AM | 07:30 AM | 12:53 PM | 03:38 PM | 06:05 PM | 07:26 PM |
| Cairo | 04:42 AM | 06:10 AM | 11:39 AM | 02:44 PM | 05:06 PM | 06:25 PM |
| Jakarta | 04:06 AM | 05:26 AM | 11:37 AM | 02:53 PM | 05:46 PM | 06:58 PM |
| London | 05:04 AM | 06:57 AM | 11:44 AM | 02:03 PM | 04:30 PM | 06:17 PM |
| New York | 05:12 AM | 06:29 AM | 11:40 AM | 02:27 PM | 04:50 PM | 06:07 PM |
| Toronto | 05:35 AM | 06:56 AM | 12:01 PM | 02:42 PM | 05:06 PM | 06:26 PM |
Times are calculated for each city's coordinates and local time zone using that region's usual method (see methodology). They can differ by a few minutes from your local mosque.
prayertim.com calculates the five daily prayer times from the position of the sun at your exact location. Fajr begins at true dawn, Dhuhr just after the sun passes its highest point, Asr when an object's shadow reaches a set length, Maghrib at sunset and Isha when evening twilight ends. Because every one of these depends on latitude, longitude and the date, a timetable for one city cannot be copied to another a few hundred kilometres away.
Scholars and institutions use slightly different angles for Fajr and Isha, and two schools of thought define Asr differently. We start each country on the method most commonly used there and let you change it in one click. Read the full explanation on our methodology page or in our guides below.
A plain-language explanation of how the five daily prayer times are worked out from the sun's position, and why they change through the year and from city to city.
Read the guide →Why different apps show different Fajr and Isha times: the angles used by the main calculation methods, how big the difference is, and how to choose one.
Read the guide →The two shadow-length rules for the start of Asr, how much later Hanafi Asr begins, and how to pick the right one on a prayer timetable.
Read the guide →