Prayer Times in Minsk, Belarus

Praying in Minsk

Minsk currently has about 10 hours and 49 minutes of night, from Isha at 7:12 pm through to Fajr at 6:01 am. The whole timetable below follows the same movement — as the nights lengthen, every time on the page moves with them.

Through the year

There is a caveat to the summer timetable in Minsk. For several weeks around the solstice the sun does not dip deep enough for a true Fajr or Isha, and the calculated values become estimates. Local scholarly guidance takes over in that period.

For tahajjud

From Isha to Fajr is around 10 hours and 49 minutes at the moment. 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.

Ramadan timings

Suhoor ends at Fajr — 6:01 am today — and the fast breaks at Maghrib, 5:42 pm. Around 11 hours and 41 minutes without food or water today. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

How the day runs in Minsk

The first call comes at 6:01 am, for Fajr. You have until 8:04 am, when the sun comes up. Midday brings Dhuhr at 12:53 pm; Asr comes round at 3:52 pm. Sunset brings Maghrib at 5:42 pm; Isha is the last, at 7:12 pm. That is some 9 hours and 38 minutes between the sun coming up and going down.

A note on the method used

The underlying method is Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib are largely settled across methods; Fajr and Isha are where authorities part company. Asr here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. A small gap between this page and your nearest masjid is nothing to worry about; go with theirs.

Finding the qibla

Face south-south-east — roughly 159° on a compass — and you are pointed at the Kaaba. The distance works out to about 3,757 kilometres, or 2,335 miles. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

A quirk of the timezone

True midday in Minsk arrives some 53 minutes after what the clock reads. Hence Dhuhr at 12:53 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.

Common questions