Prayer Times in Chongqing, China

Praying in Chongqing

As things stand today, the first prayer in Chongqing is at 5:43 am and the last at 7:39 pm. Those times shift by a minute or two most days as the sun moves, and this page recalculates them every morning rather than holding a fixed list.

A quirk of the timezone

The sun reaches its high point roughly 38 minutes after noon here. That is why Dhuhr sits at 12:38 pm rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. It is not an error — timezones are drawn for administrative convenience, not astronomical accuracy.

The fasting day in Chongqing

Suhoor closes at 5:43 am in Chongqing, with iftar at 6:09 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 26 minutes, going by today's figures. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Qibla from Chongqing

From this city the direction is west, or 279° if you prefer the number. The distance works out to about 6,667 kilometres, or 4,142 miles. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

Method and madhab

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.

For tahajjud

Chongqing gets roughly 10 hours and 4 minutes of night between the last prayer and the first. 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.

Nearby cities

There are 180 more China cities here, and each has its own times rather than sharing Chongqing's. The list under the timetable below will take you to any of them.

What changes between summer and winter

Across the year the Chongqing timetable shifts by an hour or two at each end — long summer evenings push Isha back, short winter days crowd Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib together.

Chongqing today, prayer by prayer

Fajr opens the day at 5:43 am, well before first light. By 7:05 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Midday brings Dhuhr at 12:38 pm; Asr comes round at 4:33 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 6:09 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 7:39 pm. That gives Chongqing roughly 11 hours and 4 minutes of daylight today.

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