Prayer Times in Guyuan, China

The prayer day in Guyuan

Anyone praying in Guyuan faces west, which works out to around 275°. The Kaaba is about 6,556 kilometres off; the timetable below comes from this city's own coordinates.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

Solar noon in Guyuan falls about 39 minutes after twelve o'clock. It explains the 12:39 pm Dhuhr — the timezone boundary is drawn some way from this city's own meridian. Nothing is wrong with the calculation; timezones are political lines, and the sun does not consult them.

Ramadan timings

Suhoor closes at 5:47 am in Guyuan, with iftar at 6:00 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 13 minutes, going by today's figures. The monthly table further down shows the window widening or narrowing day by day, which helps when planning meals a week ahead.

What changes between summer and winter

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

How the day runs in Guyuan

Fajr opens the day at 5:47 am, well before first light. You have until 7:16 am, when the sun comes up. Next is Dhuhr at 12:39 pm, then Asr in the afternoon at 4:22 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 6:00 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 7:30 pm. That gives Guyuan roughly 10 hours and 44 minutes of daylight today.

The night in between

Between Isha at 7:30 pm and Fajr at 5:47 am there are about 10 hours and 17 minutes. 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.

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. Asr here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

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