Prayer Times in Sydney, Australia

Sydney prayer times explained

Sydney is in the southern hemisphere, which turns the usual seasonal advice upside down. The longest days fall around the turn of the year rather than midsummer, so northern-hemisphere advice gets the season backwards for anyone here.

A quirk of the timezone

True midday in Sydney arrives some 39 minutes after what the clock reads. Hence Dhuhr at 12:39 pm, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. Nothing is wrong with the calculation; timezones are political lines, and the sun does not consult them.

Qibla from Sydney

Turn west, about 277°, for the qibla. The distance works out to about 13,236 kilometres, or 8,225 miles. 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.

Today's timetable

Everything begins with Fajr, 4:24 am today. The sun appears at 5:57 am, which ends the Fajr period. Midday brings Dhuhr at 12:39 pm; Asr comes round at 5:24 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 7:21 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 8:51 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 13 hours and 24 minutes.

Where these times come from

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.

For tahajjud

Between Isha at 8:51 pm and Fajr at 4:24 am there are about 7 hours and 33 minutes. If you pray tahajjud, the final third of that stretch is the one to aim for; counting backwards from Fajr is the easier way to locate it.

The fasting day in Sydney

Stop eating by 4:24 am; break the fast at 7:21 pm. That is about 14 hours and 57 minutes on today's times. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Common questions