Prayer times

Prayer times by city

Every city below uses the calculation method its own religious authority follows — Diyanet in Türkiye, the Egyptian General Authority in Cairo, Umm al-Qura in Saudi Arabia — because a single method applied everywhere is what makes an app disagree with the mosque down the road.

Not listed? The calculator on the home page works for any location, and Mozzi itself uses your own coordinates.

The methods behind these times

Fajr and Isha are defined by how far the sun has dropped below the horizon, and the authorities never agreed on a single figure. A larger angle means an earlier Fajr and a later Isha. These are the methods used by the cities listed above.

MethodFajr angleIsha angle
Muslim World League18°17°
Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı18°17°
Egyptian General Authority of Survey19.5°17.5°
Umm al-Qura University18.5°90 min after Maghrib
UAE General Authority of Islamic Affairs18.2°18.2°
University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi18°18°
ISNA15°15°
Moonsighting Committee18°18°
Qatar Calendar House18°90 min after Maghrib
Kuwait Ministry of Awqaf18°17.5°
MUIS20°18°

Asr is a separate question

Asr does not use a sun angle at all. It begins when an object’s shadow reaches its own length plus the shadow it cast at noon — or twice its length, in the Hanafi calculation. That is not a few minutes of difference but often the better part of an hour, and it is set by madhab rather than by country. Mozzi keeps the two settings separate for that reason.

Why an app can still disagree with your mosque

A mosque may round to the next five minutes, add a safety margin to Fajr, or hold Isha back for the congregation. None of that is visible to a calculation. Where your mosque publishes a timetable, it is the one to pray by; an app is for the days you are not near it.