Prayer Times in Barakī, Afghanistan

Barakī prayer times explained

The night in Barakī runs about 10 hours and 9 minutes at the moment — Isha at 6:35 pm to Fajr at 4:44 am. That span is what the last third of the night is measured against, so it shifts along with the rest of the timetable through the year.

For tahajjud

Between Isha at 6:35 pm and Fajr at 4:44 am there are about 10 hours and 9 minutes. The final third of the night carries particular weight in the tradition, and it is measured from Isha to Fajr rather than by the clock.

From Fajr to Isha

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 4:44 am. You have until 6:11 am, when the sun comes up. Dhuhr follows at 11:38 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 3:27 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 5:05 pm, and Isha closes the day at 6:35 pm. Around 10 hours and 54 minutes of daylight, all told.

What changes between summer and winter

Across the year the Barakī timetable shifts by an hour or two at each end — long summer evenings push Isha back, short winter days crowd Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib together.

How the times are worked out

Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah is the standard applied to this page. Where two calculations disagree it is nearly always Fajr or Isha: those depend on twilight, and twilight is a judgement call. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

If you are fasting

The fasting day here runs 4:44 am to 5:05 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 21 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Finding the qibla

The qibla from here runs west-south-west, a bearing of about 252°. Makkah is around 3,169 kilometres (1,969 miles) away in a straight line. If you are marking a permanent direction in a room, check true north rather than trusting a phone compass alone.

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