Prayer Times in Chennai, India

Chennai, hour by hour

Sunrise 6:02 am, sunset 5:43 pm — about 11 hours and 41 minutes of daylight in Chennai today. None of the five are fixed to the clock — they follow the sun, and the sun keeps different hours in every month.

The night in between

Between Isha at 7:13 pm and Fajr at 4:48 am there are about 9 hours and 35 minutes. If you pray tahajjud, the final third of that stretch is the one to aim for; counting backwards from Fajr is the easier way to locate it.

If you are travelling

India has 135 other cities covered on this site. If you are travelling within the country, use the page for where you actually are; the difference is small but real.

The yearly swing

Chennai is close enough to the equator that the seasons barely register in the prayer times. Longest day and shortest day differ by very little, and Ramadan feels much the same whichever month it lands in.

A note on the method used

These times follow 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 is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

Which way to face in Chennai

From this city the direction is west-north-west, or 288° if you prefer the number. That puts the Kaaba roughly 4,381 km — 2,722 miles — from here. If you are marking a permanent direction in a room, check true north rather than trusting a phone compass alone.

A walk through today's times

Fajr opens the day at 4:48 am, well before first light. The sun appears at 6:02 am, which ends the Fajr period. Next is Dhuhr at 11:53 am, then Asr in the afternoon at 4:06 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 5:43 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 7:13 pm. That gives Chennai roughly 11 hours and 41 minutes of daylight today.

The fasting day in Chennai

Suhoor closes at 4:48 am in Chennai, with iftar at 5:43 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 55 minutes, going by today's figures. The monthly table further down shows the window widening or narrowing day by day, which helps when planning meals a week ahead.

Common questions