Prayer Times in Tongren, China

Praying in Tongren

Tongren gets about 11 hours and 9 minutes of daylight today, and the five prayer times are spaced across it. Prayer times are anchored to the sun rather than the clock, so as that figure grows and shrinks across the year, every time below moves with it.

Lining up with the Kaaba

Turn west, about 281°, for the qibla. That puts the Kaaba roughly 6,960 km — 4,325 miles — from here.

Method and madhab

These times follow 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 clock against the sun

True midday in Tongren arrives some 27 minutes after what the clock reads. That is why Dhuhr sits at 12:27 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.

How much the times move

Tongren sits far enough from the equator for the difference to be felt. Midsummer stretches the day, midwinter compresses it, and the prayer times follow.

Ramadan timings

Stop eating by 5:31 am; break the fast at 6:01 pm. That is about 12 hours and 30 minutes on today's times. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

The shape of the day

Everything begins with Fajr, 5:31 am today. Sunrise at 6:52 am closes that window. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 12:27 pm, and Asr at 4:25 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 6:01 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 7:31 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 11 hours and 9 minutes.

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