Prayer Times in Kabul, Afghanistan

What these times mean for Kabul

Kabul currently has about 10 hours and 10 minutes of night, from Isha at 6:33 pm through to Fajr at 4:43 am. Everything else on this page hangs off the same two points: when the sun sets and when it comes back.

How the day runs in Kabul

Everything begins with Fajr, 4:43 am today. By 6:11 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Dhuhr 11:37 am, Asr 3:25 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Maghrib is prayed at 5:03 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:33 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 10 hours and 52 minutes.

Which way to face in Kabul

Turn west-south-west, about 251°, for the qibla. That puts the Kaaba roughly 3,212 km — 1,996 miles — from here. Compass apps usually read magnetic north rather than true north, so allow a few degrees of local declination if you are setting a prayer mat precisely.

The yearly swing

Kabul sits far enough from the equator for the difference to be felt. Midsummer stretches the day, midwinter compresses it, and the prayer times follow.

A note on the method used

These times follow Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. The disagreement between methods lives almost entirely in Fajr and Isha, where the sun is below the horizon and the chosen angle decides the time. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. If the mosque down the road announces something a few minutes different, pray with the mosque.

Ramadan timings

Stop eating by 4:43 am; break the fast at 5:03 pm. That is about 12 hours and 20 minutes on today's times. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

The night in between

Kabul gets roughly 10 hours and 10 minutes of night between the last prayer and the first. For anyone praying tahajjud, the last third of that period is the part traditionally singled out — work back from Fajr rather than forward from Isha to find it.

Common questions

This page rebuilds itself daily for Kabul — the times are always the current ones.