Prayer Times in Qal‘eh Ganj, Iran

About the times on this page

There are around 10 hours between Isha and Fajr in Qal‘eh Ganj just now. That span is what the last third of the night is measured against, so it shifts along with the rest of the timetable through the year.

The night in between

Qal‘eh Ganj gets roughly 10 hours 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.

If you are fasting

Stop eating by 4:26 am; break the fast at 4:56 pm. That is about 12 hours and 30 minutes on today's times. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

A note on the method used

Calculations come from 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.

Nearby cities

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.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

True midday in Qal‘eh Ganj arrives some 38 minutes before what the clock reads. Hence Dhuhr at 11:22 am, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

The direction of prayer

Turn west-south-west, about 254°, for the qibla. That puts the Kaaba roughly 1,947 km — 1,210 miles — from here. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

Season by season in Qal‘eh Ganj

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

A walk through today's times

Everything begins with Fajr, 4:26 am today. Sunrise at 5:48 am closes that window. Dhuhr follows at 11:22 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 3:20 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 4:56 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:26 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 11 hours and 8 minutes.

Prayer times in Qal‘eh Ganj: FAQ

This page rebuilds itself daily for Qal‘eh Ganj — the times are always the current ones.