Prayer Times in Chambray-lès-Tours, France

The prayer day in Chambray-lès-Tours

Sunrise 7:39 am, sunset 5:42 pm — about 10 hours and 3 minutes of daylight in Chambray-lès-Tours today. 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.

The fasting day in Chambray-lès-Tours

Suhoor closes at 5:52 am in Chambray-lès-Tours, with iftar at 5:42 pm. Roughly 11 hours and 50 minutes, going by today's figures. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

How much the times move

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

Elsewhere in France

There are 18 more France cities here, and each has its own times rather than sharing Chambray-lès-Tours's. If you are travelling within the country, use the page for where you actually are; the difference is small but real.

Clock time and solar time

The sun reaches its high point roughly 41 minutes after noon here. 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. It is not an error — timezones are drawn for administrative convenience, not astronomical accuracy.

A walk through today's times

Fajr opens the day at 5:52 am, well before first light. The sun appears at 7:39 am, which ends the Fajr period. Dhuhr 12:41 pm, Asr 3:57 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 5:42 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 7:12 pm. That gives Chambray-lès-Tours roughly 10 hours and 3 minutes of daylight today.

A note on the method used

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.

The direction of prayer

From this city the direction is east-south-east, or 116° if you prefer the number. Makkah is around 4,526 kilometres (2,812 miles) away in a straight line.

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