Prayer Times in Qiqihar, China

Praying in Qiqihar

Anyone praying in Qiqihar faces west, which works out to around 281°. That is roughly 7,844 kilometres in a straight line. The times themselves are worked out from the city's exact position.

The clock against the sun

The sun reaches its high point roughly 32 minutes before noon here. Hence Dhuhr at 11:28 am, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

Where these times come from

The calculation used here is Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. The disagreement between methods lives almost entirely in Fajr and Isha, where the sun is below the horizon and the chosen angle decides the time. Asr here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. If the mosque down the road announces something a few minutes different, pray with the mosque.

The shape of the day

It starts in the dark, with Fajr at 4:37 am. The window stays open until sunrise, 6:24 am. Dhuhr 11:28 am, Asr 2:46 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Maghrib is prayed at 4:31 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:01 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 10 hours and 7 minutes.

How much the times move

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

Isha to Fajr

Between Isha at 6:01 pm and Fajr at 4:37 am there are about 10 hours and 36 minutes. For anyone praying tahajjud, the last third of that period is the part traditionally singled out — work back from Fajr rather than forward from Isha to find it.

The fasting day in Qiqihar

Stop eating by 4:37 am; break the fast at 4:31 pm. That is about 11 hours and 54 minutes on today's times. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Prayer times in Qiqihar: FAQ

No need to bookmark a timetable: the page recalculates for Qiqihar daily.