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Prayer Times in Saudi Arabia Today
Check Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha for your city, with a clear monthly timetable.
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How are prayer times calculated?
Times are calculated from each city’s geographic coordinates using the Umm al-Qura, Makkah convention and the Asia/Riyadh time zone. Values are rendered directly in the page for speed, clarity and resilience.
- City-specific coordinates
- Cached monthly timetables
- Adhan times, not iqamah claims
Use and accuracy guide
A practical guide to prayer times in Saudi Arabia
Start with the correct city
Prayer times vary between Saudi cities because sunrise, sunset and solar noon depend on latitude and longitude. Saudi civil clocks share one time zone, but the sun is not in the same position in Riyadh, Jeddah, Tabuk and Jazan. Use the city search or directory, then confirm the city name above the timetable before relying on a value.
KSA Prayer keeps a separate record for every city, including bilingual names, region, coordinates, time zone and nearby links. This avoids treating the country as if it had one timetable. If you are traveling, open the destination city after arrival instead of continuing to use a saved schedule from the city you left.
Understand the daily values
The daily card shows Fajr, sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha in sequence. Sunrise is an important boundary but is not one of the five obligatory prayers. The other values indicate calculated prayer-entry times. The next prayer is highlighted so a visitor can see the immediate answer without reading every row in the monthly table.
The countdown uses the device clock and updates in the browser, while the actual prayer values arrive in server-rendered HTML. Allow practical preparation time and do not treat the final seconds as a mosque announcement. A browser tab can be old and a phone clock can drift, so refresh when immediate accuracy matters.
Use the monthly table for planning
Prayer times move throughout a month, so memorizing one minute is not enough. The complete timetable helps with work, study, commuting, meals and sleep. You can see the direction in which Fajr and Maghrib are moving, compare today with tomorrow and open the previous or next month from the same city page.
The canonical city URL stays stable even when you select a different month. That makes bookmarking and sharing the page more useful than saving a screenshot. A screenshot becomes stale, while the main city page returns to the current day and provides a fresh timetable with the same disclosed method and coordinates.
The disclosed Umm al-Qura method
The site uses an astronomical calculator configured for Umm al-Qura settings. Fajr uses an 18.5-degree angle below the horizon. Sunrise and Maghrib use a 0.833-degree adjustment, Dhuhr follows solar noon and Asr uses a shadow factor of one. Isha is 90 minutes after Maghrib, extended to 120 minutes during Ramadan.
The methodology page explains Julian day, solar declination, equation of time, rounding and caching. Publishing the settings matters because a method label alone cannot explain every difference between sources, and a fair comparison needs the same city, date, coordinates and purpose.
Adhan and iqamah are different
Displayed values are calculated prayer-entry times, not an iqamah schedule. Every mosque sets iqamah and can change the interval by season, day or program. Friday prayer, Taraweeh, Qiyam and Eid also follow local arrangements that cannot be inferred from an astronomical calculation. Follow the mosque when attending a particular congregation.
A difference of one minute or more can arise from coordinates, rounding, elevation, horizon conditions or a safety offset. It does not automatically mean that a source is broken. Use this site as a consistent planning reference, and follow an official authority or mosque when it publishes a schedule for its own audience.
Reviewable content and corrections
KSA Prayer publishes a clear organizational byline, review date, methodology and editorial correction policy. The About page explains purpose and independence, while the editorial policy describes how timetable differences and feedback are handled. We do not claim government, university or religious-authority affiliation.
If you notice a problem, use the contact page and include the city, date, prayer, displayed value and comparison source. Those details allow the team to reproduce the calculation and fix the structured source instead of changing one paragraph while leaving other pages or the alternate language inconsistent.
Common questions
Important prayer-time information
Which calculation method is used?
The default is the Umm al-Qura, Makkah convention, using solar calculations for each city’s coordinates.
Why can the time differ from a nearby mosque?
Mosques may apply local adjustments or their own official timetable, so a difference of one or more minutes can occur.
Is the adhan time the same as iqamah?
No. Each mosque sets its iqamah; it cannot be inferred from the calculated start of the prayer window.