Prayer times for any location

Fajr and Isha are defined by how far the sun is below the horizon (a depression angle) before sunrise and after sunset respectively. Sunrise and Maghrib are the standard sunrise and sunset moments. Dhuhr is solar noon, when the sun crosses the local meridian. Asr is when the shadow of a vertical object equals its own length plus the shadow at solar noon (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali schools) or twice its length plus the shadow at noon (Hanafi school). Solarc computes these in real time from your latitude, longitude, and the day of the year using the astronomy-engine library.

Most communities follow a regional convention. North America commonly uses ISNA, Europe and other regions use the Muslim World League (MWL), Egypt and parts of Africa use the Egyptian General Authority of Survey, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan use the University of Islamic Sciences in Karachi, and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf use Umm al-Qura. Solarc lets you pick any of these and shows the time differences immediately.

The Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanbali schools start the Asr window when the shadow of a vertical object equals its own length (plus the shadow at solar noon). The Hanafi school starts it later, when the shadow equals twice the object's length. The Hanafi Asr is therefore later in the day, often by 45 minutes to 2 hours depending on latitude and season.

The Umm al-Qura calendar used in Saudi Arabia historically calculated Isha at a fixed 90 minutes after Maghrib (and 120 minutes during Ramadan), rather than using a depression angle. This produces consistent local times throughout the year and matches the convention used at the Great Mosque of Mecca.

In summer at latitudes above roughly 48°N or below 48°S, the sun stays close enough to the horizon that there is no astronomical night. Fajr and Isha become undefined by the standard angle method. Most communities follow a fallback rule: the middle of the night, one-seventh of the night, or the times of the nearest moderate-latitude city. Solarc shows the undefined values with a note so you know to apply a local rule.

Solarc uses the astronomy-engine library, the same code used across the rest of the site, which cross-checks against the NOAA Solar Calculator within about three minutes at five baseline anchor points. The depression-angle and shadow-factor calculations are exact, so the only difference versus a published local calendar is which method and Asr rule the calendar follows. Pick the matching method and Asr school to align with your community.

No. Solarc requires no signup and does not store your location on its servers. The page asks the browser for your coordinates, computes the prayer times in your device, and forgets them when you leave. If you reject the geolocation prompt, you can still browse the city list or open the interactive map.