Prayer Times in Paratdiha, India

Paratdiha, hour by hour

There is no national timetable behind this page — Paratdiha's times come from Paratdiha's own position, 24.16° N, 86.31° E. The difference between one town and the next is only minutes, but those minutes are the whole of Fajr and Maghrib.

Today's timetable

It starts in the dark, with Fajr at 4:31 am. The sun appears at 5:50 am, which ends the Fajr period. Next is Dhuhr at 11:28 am, then Asr in the afternoon at 3:31 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 5:07 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:37 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 11 hours and 17 minutes.

If you are fasting

Stop eating by 4:31 am; break the fast at 5:07 pm. That is about 12 hours and 36 minutes on today's times. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

For tahajjud

Paratdiha gets roughly 9 hours and 54 minutes of night between the last prayer and the first. 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.

The calculation behind them

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.

Which way to face in Paratdiha

Turn west, about 276°, for the qibla. The distance works out to about 4,753 kilometres, or 2,953 miles. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

Other India timetables

135 other cities in India are listed on this site, each with its own calculated timetable. If you are travelling within the country, use the page for where you actually are; the difference is small but real.

A quirk of the timezone

The sun reaches its high point roughly 32 minutes before noon here. Hence Dhuhr at 11:28 am, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. It is not an error — timezones are drawn for administrative convenience, not astronomical accuracy.

What changes between summer and winter

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

Prayer times in Paratdiha: FAQ