Prayer Times in Sinjār, Iraq

Praying in Sinjār

Anyone praying in Sinjār faces south, which works out to around 187°. Makkah lies some 1,668 kilometres away, and the times on this page are calculated for this city specifically rather than for the country as a whole.

A walk through today's times

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 5:04 am. The window stays open until sunrise, 6:33 am. Dhuhr follows at 11:56 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 3:40 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 5:18 pm, and Isha closes the day at 6:48 pm. Around 10 hours and 45 minutes of daylight, all told.

Suhoor and iftar in Sinjār

The fasting day here runs 5:04 am to 5:18 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 14 minutes. The monthly table further down shows the window widening or narrowing day by day, which helps when planning meals a week ahead.

A note on the method used

The underlying method 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 here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

Through the year

The yearly swing here is substantial. In June, Fajr in Sinjār can fall in the small hours with Isha holding off until late evening; in December the whole day from Fajr to Isha is over in a short span. Check the monthly timetable rather than assuming last season's times still hold.

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