Prayer times in the Gulf

Frequently asked questions

How are these prayer times calculated?

Astronomically, from each city's latitude and longitude, using the adhan library (MIT). The method differs by country: Umm al-Qura for Saudi Arabia, the Dubai method for the UAE, Qatar's and Kuwait's own conventions, and the Muslim World League convention where a country has no dedicated preset.

Why do my mosque and this page differ by a minute?

Mosques often round up or add a safety margin (two or three minutes) and a few use a different Fajr angle. The underlying calculation is the same — follow your mosque for praying, use this page for planning.

Are these times correct for the whole country?

Each city has its own page calculated for its own coordinates. Within a small country like Bahrain or Qatar the differences are a minute or two; across Saudi Arabia they are larger, so pick the closest city.

Where do the city names come from?

GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), filtered to populated places with at least 1,000 residents — 385 places across the six states. Contributions to GeoNames are welcome and improve these pages.