Prayer Times in Alexandria, Brazil

Alexandria prayer times explained

Everything on this page is calculated for Alexandria, Brazil specifically, using the position 6.41° S, 38.02° W. Sunrise and sunset shift by a few minutes between neighbouring towns, and the prayer times move with them.

A walk through today's times

Fajr opens the day at 3:53 am, well before first light. By 5:06 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 11:16 am, and Asr at 3:38 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 5:25 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 6:55 pm. That gives Alexandria roughly 12 hours and 19 minutes of daylight today.

How much the times move

Alexandria is close enough to the equator that the seasons barely register in the prayer times. Longest day and shortest day differ by very little, and Ramadan feels much the same whichever month it lands in.

If you are fasting

Suhoor closes at 3:53 am in Alexandria, with iftar at 5:25 pm. Roughly 13 hours and 32 minutes, going by today's figures. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

The sun reaches its high point roughly 44 minutes before noon here. Hence Dhuhr at 11:16 am, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. It is not an error — timezones are drawn for administrative convenience, not astronomical accuracy.

Lining up with the Kaaba

From this city the direction is east-north-east, or 67° if you prefer the number. The distance works out to about 9,022 kilometres, or 5,606 miles. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

How the times are worked out

Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah is the standard applied to this page. Methods differ mainly over Fajr and Isha, because each authority settles on a slightly different angle of the sun below the horizon — a few minutes either way is normal. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

Prayer times in Alexandria: FAQ