Prayer Times in Bettiah, India

About the times on this page

From Bettiah, the qibla points west — a bearing of about 272° on a compass. That is roughly 4,551 kilometres in a straight line. The times themselves are worked out from the city's exact position.

If you are fasting

The fasting day here runs 4:40 am to 5:10 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 30 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Through the year

Across the year the Bettiah 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.

From Fajr to Isha

Fajr is at 4:40 am — early, and in darkness. The window stays open until sunrise, 6:01 am. Next is Dhuhr at 11:36 am, then Asr in the afternoon at 3:34 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 5:10 pm, and Isha closes the day at 6:40 pm. Around 11 hours and 9 minutes of daylight, all told.

The calculation behind them

The calculation used here 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. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

The last third of the night

Between Isha at 6:40 pm and Fajr at 4:40 am there are about 10 hours. 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.

A few things worth knowing

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