Prayer Times in Putian, China

About the times on this page

From Putian, the qibla points west-north-west — a bearing of about 286° on a compass. That is roughly 7,968 kilometres in a straight line. The times themselves are worked out from the city's exact position.

Elsewhere in China

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

From Fajr to Isha

Fajr is at 4:51 am — early, and in darkness. The sun appears at 6:10 am, which ends the Fajr period. Dhuhr 11:48 am, Asr 3:49 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 5:25 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 6:55 pm. That gives Putian roughly 11 hours and 15 minutes of daylight today.

Through the year

Across the year the Putian 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.

Ramadan timings

Suhoor closes at 4:51 am in Putian, with iftar at 5:25 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 34 minutes, going by today's figures. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

The calculation behind them

The underlying method is Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. 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.

Common questions