Prayer Times in Mianyang, China

Mianyang, hour by hour

People new to Mianyang tend to notice the same thing — midday on the clock is nowhere near midday in the sky. True midday arrives some 45 minutes after what the clock reads, putting Dhuhr at 12:45 pm and dragging Asr, Maghrib and Isha along behind it.

Why your mosque may differ slightly

Calculations come from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Where two calculations disagree it is nearly always Fajr or Isha: those depend on twilight, and twilight is a judgement call. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

The fasting day in Mianyang

The fasting day here runs 5:51 am to 6:14 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 23 minutes. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Through the year

Across the year the Mianyang 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.

Which way to face in Mianyang

The qibla from here runs west, a bearing of about 277°. Makkah is around 6,469 kilometres (4,020 miles) away in a straight line. Compass apps usually read magnetic north rather than true north, so allow a few degrees of local declination if you are setting a prayer mat precisely.

Other China timetables

180 other cities in China are listed on this site, each with its own calculated timetable. 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.

From Fajr to Isha

Fajr is at 5:51 am — early, and in darkness. The sun appears at 7:15 am, which ends the Fajr period. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 12:45 pm, and Asr at 4:37 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 6:14 pm, and Isha closes the day at 7:44 pm. Around 10 hours and 59 minutes of daylight, all told.

A few things worth knowing

This page rebuilds itself daily for Mianyang — the times are always the current ones.