Prayer Times in Semarang, Indonesia

Praying in Semarang

One thing to keep in mind about Semarang: the seasons run opposite to most prayer timetables published online. The longest days fall around the turn of the year rather than midsummer, so northern-hemisphere advice gets the season backwards for anyone here.

Semarang today, prayer by prayer

Everything begins with Fajr, 3:58 am today. The window stays open until sunrise, 5:11 am. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 11:22 am, and Asr at 3:45 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 5:32 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 7:02 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 12 hours and 21 minutes.

The fasting day in Semarang

Stop eating by 3:58 am; break the fast at 5:32 pm. That is about 13 hours and 34 minutes on today's times. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

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. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. If the mosque down the road announces something a few minutes different, pray with the mosque.

Lining up with the Kaaba

Turn west-north-west, about 295°, for the qibla. That puts the Kaaba roughly 8,315 km — 5,167 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.

A quirk of the timezone

Solar noon in Semarang falls about 38 minutes before twelve o'clock. It explains the 11:22 am Dhuhr — the timezone boundary is drawn some way from this city's own meridian. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

Prayer times in Semarang: FAQ

This page rebuilds itself daily for Semarang — the times are always the current ones.