Prayer Times in Kesennuma, Japan

About the times on this page

Kesennuma gets about 10 hours and 40 minutes of daylight today, and the five prayer times are spaced across it. None of the five are fixed to the clock — they follow the sun, and the sun keeps different hours in every month.

Ramadan timings

Suhoor ends at Fajr — 4:25 am today — and the fast breaks at Maghrib, 4:37 pm. Around 12 hours and 12 minutes without food or water today. The monthly table further down shows the window widening or narrowing day by day, which helps when planning meals a week ahead.

Today's timetable

Everything begins with Fajr, 4:25 am today. Sunrise at 5:57 am closes that window. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 11:17 am, and Asr at 2:57 pm. Sunset brings Maghrib at 4:37 pm; Isha is the last, at 6:07 pm. That is some 10 hours and 40 minutes between the sun coming up and going down.

How much the times move

Kesennuma sees a large seasonal spread — very early summer Fajr times, a very late Isha, then a tightly packed winter day. The month view below is the reliable way to keep track.

A quirk of the timezone

True midday in Kesennuma arrives some 43 minutes before what the clock reads. Hence Dhuhr at 11:17 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

Face west-north-west — roughly 294° on a compass — and you are pointed at the Kaaba. The distance works out to about 9,485 kilometres, or 5,894 miles. If you are marking a permanent direction in a room, check true north rather than trusting a phone compass alone.

How the times are worked out

The underlying method is Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib are largely settled across methods; Fajr and Isha are where authorities part company. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. A small gap between this page and your nearest masjid is nothing to worry about; go with theirs.

Prayer times in Kesennuma: FAQ

No need to bookmark a timetable: the page recalculates for Kesennuma daily.