Prayer times in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin

Salah times in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin: each is when that prayer’s time begins and the azan is called.

Asr begins when a shadow is as long as the thing casting it, beyond its noon shadow, in the Shafi‘i, Maliki and Hanbali schools, and twice as long in the Hanafi school. Qatar timetables give the standard time, as the timetable below does.

Sunrise, sunset, twilight and day length: Sunrise and sunset in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin

Sehri and iftar for each day of the month: Ramadan 2027 in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin

When Ramadan begins and ends, every year: Ramadan dates

251.2° from true north, west, along the shortest path over the globe to the Kaaba in Mecca, 1,270 km away.

A magnetic compass points to magnetic north, a few degrees off true north in most places; set a phone’s compass to true north to read the bearing directly.

Namaz times in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin from Thursday 22 October to Friday 20 November, in local time.

• Times follow the Qatar method: Fajr when the Sun is 18° below the horizon and Isha 90 minutes after Maghrib.
• Hijri dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar. Where a month begins with the sighting of the new moon, it can start a day earlier or later.
• Worked out when the page loads for 25.6° N, 51.5° E with the adhan library, from Jean Meeus’s astronomical equations, and rounded to the minute.
• Your local mosque may set its own times; follow it.

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