Islamic Prayer Times by MATW Project

Wednesday 14 October 2026 · 3 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH

Islamic prayer times, every method side by side

The same town, the same day, seven answers. Each calculation method sets dawn and nightfall at its own angle of the sun, so Fajr and Isha can be many minutes apart. See every method side by side for any town, then follow the one your masjid keeps.

London today, every method

Fajr
05:29 – 05:51
Apart
22 min
Isha
19:32 – 20:00
Apart
28 min

Every method in London, today and this month

Islamic prayer times in London today, method by method

London today, local time; sunrise is the same by every method. The highlighted row is the method this site starts London with.
MethodFajrZuhrAsrMaghribIsha
MWL 05:32 12:48 15:33 18:09 19:54
ISNA 05:51 12:48 15:33 18:09 19:41
Egyptian 05:29 12:48 15:33 18:09 19:57
Umm al-Qura 05:29 12:47 15:33 18:09 19:39
Karachi 05:32 12:48 15:33 18:09 20:00
Moonsightingused here 05:47 12:52 15:33 18:12 19:32

MWL Muslim World LeagueISNA ISNA (North America)Egyptian Egyptian General Authority of SurveyUmm al-Qura Umm al-Qura, MakkahKarachi University of Islamic Sciences, KarachiMoonsighting Moonsighting Committee

The seven calculation methods

How far apart the methods are around the world

Today’s earliest and latest Fajr and Isha across the seven methods, each city on its own clocks
CityFajrApartIshaApart
London 05:29–05:51 22 min 19:32–20:00 28 min
Birmingham 05:37–05:57 20 min 19:38–20:08 30 min
Glasgow 05:50–06:09 19 min 19:42–20:15 33 min
Makkah 04:55–05:15 20 min 18:58–19:27 29 min
Cairo 05:30–05:50 20 min 19:31–19:55 24 min
Istanbul 05:35–05:59 24 min 19:41–19:57 16 min
Karachi 05:07–05:27 20 min 19:09–19:36 27 min
Dhaka 04:33–04:53 20 min 18:36–19:03 27 min
Jakarta 04:16–04:34 18 min 18:44–19:16 32 min
Lagos 05:17–05:35 18 min 19:29–20:02 33 min
New York 05:27–05:51 24 min 19:32–19:48 16 min
Toronto 05:47–06:12 25 min 19:54–20:11 17 min
Sydney 04:41–05:05 24 min 20:18–20:37 19 min

Why Islamic prayer times differ by method

The times are seen in the sky; a method turns them into numbers. The Quran ties the start of the fast to dawn, when the white thread becomes distinct from the black (Quran 2:187), and when Jibril led the Prophet ﷺ in prayer he prayed Fajr at true dawn and Isha once the twilight had gone (Sunan Abi Dawud 393).

A timetable needs a number for each: how far below the horizon the sun is at dawn and at nightfall. The bodies that publish methods chose different angles, so Fajr and Isha differ while Zuhr and Maghrib barely move.

Where the methods agree

Zuhr, Asr and Maghrib hardly move. Zuhr follows the sun past its highest point and Maghrib its setting, which every method takes alike, give or take a minute of caution.

Asr turns on the length of a shadow, so it changes only with the school: the standard time at one shadow-length, the Hanafi at two. Fajr and Isha are where the methods part, most of all in summer far from the equator.

Which method to follow

Follow your masjid. Prayer is set for the believers at fixed times (Quran 4:103), and a community keeps one timetable together. If you pray alone, start with the method this site uses for your country, the same as muslimsaroundtheworld.org.

Whichever method you follow, the prayer is the same: learn it step by step on Muslims Around the World.

Compare Islamic prayer times near you

Questions about Islamic prayer times

Why are there different Islamic prayer times for the same town?

Each calculation method sets dawn and nightfall at its own angle of the sun below the horizon. The difference shows in Fajr and Isha, and grows in summer the further a place is from the equator.

Is Asr different between the methods?

Hardly. Asr turns on the length of a shadow, not on an angle below the horizon, so the methods agree on it to a minute or so; the school is what moves it, the Hanafi time coming later.

Which method does each page start with?

The one muslimsaroundtheworld.org uses for the country: the Moonsighting Committee in the UK, Karachi in Pakistan, ISNA in North America, Umm al-Qura in Saudi Arabia, and so on. Every other method is shown beside it.

Why do some methods give no Isha on short summer nights?

Where twilight lasts all night the sun never sinks to the method’s angle, so a rule for short nights takes over, such as a seventh of the night. Each place page says which rule it uses.

Islamic prayer times by country

Every town, city and village has a page with every method side by side, for today, tomorrow and the month.

Every country