Prayer Times in Baicheng, China

Baicheng, hour by hour

There is no national timetable behind this page — Baicheng's times come from Baicheng's own position, 41.80° N, 81.87° E. Two towns an hour apart see the sun rise at different moments, and since Fajr and Maghrib follow the sun rather than the clock, those minutes carry straight through to the timetable.

The yearly swing

Summer and winter look like different timetables entirely in Baicheng. The times can shift by several hours between the two ends of the year.

Other China timetables

There are 180 more China cities here, and each has its own times rather than sharing Baicheng's. It is worth switching to the right one when you travel — a few hundred kilometres east or west moves Fajr and Maghrib by a noticeable margin.

The fasting day in Baicheng

The fasting day here runs 7:26 am to 7:29 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 3 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

A note on the method used

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.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

True midday in Baicheng arrives some 136 minutes after what the clock reads. That is why Dhuhr sits at 2:16 pm rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

Today's timetable

Fajr is at 7:26 am — early, and in darkness. The window stays open until sunrise, 9:03 am. Next is Dhuhr at 2:16 pm, then Asr in the afternoon at 5:47 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 7:29 pm, and Isha closes the day at 8:59 pm. Around 10 hours and 26 minutes of daylight, all told.

Finding the qibla

The qibla from here runs west-south-west, a bearing of about 253°. The distance works out to about 4,519 kilometres, or 2,808 miles. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

Prayer times in Baicheng: FAQ