Prayer Times in Suining, China

Suining, hour by hour

As things stand today, the first prayer in Suining is at 5:47 am and the last at 7:42 pm. Each of them moves slightly from one day to the next; the page rebuilds daily, so what you see is current.

Method and madhab

The underlying method is 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. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

From Fajr to Isha

Fajr is at 5:47 am — early, and in darkness. You have until 7:10 am, when the sun comes up. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 12:41 pm, and Asr at 4:35 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 6:12 pm, and Isha closes the day at 7:42 pm. Around 11 hours and 2 minutes of daylight, all told.

Finding the qibla

The qibla from here runs west, a bearing of about 278°. That puts the Kaaba roughly 6,562 km — 4,077 miles — from here.

Clock time and solar time

Solar noon in Suining falls about 41 minutes after twelve o'clock. That is why Dhuhr sits at 12:41 pm rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

What changes between summer and winter

Across the year the Suining 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

The fasting day here runs 5:47 am to 6:12 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 25 minutes. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

The last third of the night

From Isha to Fajr is around 10 hours and 5 minutes at the moment. 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.

Questions people ask

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