Prayer Times in Vishākhapatnam, India

Vishākhapatnam prayer times explained

Prayer times for Vishākhapatnam, India are calculated from where the city actually is (17.69° N, 83.29° E), which matters more than people expect. It is a small distinction that matters in practice: the sun does not arrive everywhere in a country at once.

How much the times move

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

For tahajjud

From Isha to Fajr is around 9 hours and 43 minutes at the moment. 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.

Today's timetable

Fajr is at 4:39 am — early, and in darkness. By 5:55 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Dhuhr 11:40 am, Asr 3:50 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 5:26 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 6:56 pm. That gives Vishākhapatnam roughly 11 hours and 31 minutes of daylight today.

Lining up with the Kaaba

From this city the direction is west-north-west, or 283° if you prefer the number. That puts the Kaaba roughly 4,559 km — 2,833 miles — from here. Compass apps usually read magnetic north rather than true north, so allow a few degrees of local declination if you are setting a prayer mat precisely.

Method and madhab

The calculation used here 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.

Ramadan timings

Suhoor closes at 4:39 am in Vishākhapatnam, with iftar at 5:26 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 47 minutes, going by today's figures. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

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