Prayer times in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky

Salah times in Lexington-Fayette: 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. ISNA timetables give the standard time, as the timetable below does.

Sunrise, sunset, twilight and day length: Sunrise and sunset in Lexington-Fayette

Sehri and iftar for each day of the month: Ramadan 2027 in Lexington-Fayette

When Ramadan begins and ends, every year: Ramadan dates

51.5° from true north, north-east, along the shortest path over the globe to the Kaaba in Mecca, 6,966 mi 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 Lexington-Fayette from Friday 23 October to Saturday 21 November, in local time.

• Times follow the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method: Fajr when the Sun is 15° below the horizon and Isha at 15°, with these margins: Dhuhr +1 min.
• Many mosques in North America follow the Moonsighting Committee’s times instead, with Fajr earlier and Isha later.
• 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 38° N, 84.5° W 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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