Prayer Times in Mashhad, Iran

Praying in Mashhad

There are around 10 hours and 42 minutes between sunrise and sunset in Mashhad today. None of the five are fixed to the clock — they follow the sun, and the sun keeps different hours in every month.

How much the times move

Summer and winter look like different timetables entirely in Mashhad. The times can shift by several hours between the two ends of the year.

The fasting day in Mashhad

The fasting day here runs 4:25 am to 4:36 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 11 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

If you are travelling

Iran has 12 other cities covered on this site. It is worth switching to the right one when you travel — a few hundred kilometres east or west moves Fajr and Maghrib by a noticeable margin.

A quirk of the timezone

Solar noon in Mashhad falls about 45 minutes before twelve o'clock. Hence Dhuhr at 11:15 am, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. Nothing is wrong with the calculation; timezones are political lines, and the sun does not consult them.

Where these times come from

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.

How the day runs in Mashhad

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 4:25 am. By 5:54 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Dhuhr 11:15 am, Asr 2:57 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Maghrib comes with sunset at 4:36 pm, and Isha closes the day at 6:06 pm. Around 10 hours and 42 minutes of daylight, all told.

Finding the qibla

The qibla from here runs south-west, a bearing of about 235°. Makkah is around 2,529 kilometres (1,572 miles) away in a straight line. If you are marking a permanent direction in a room, check true north rather than trusting a phone compass alone.

Prayer times in Mashhad: FAQ