Prayer Times in Astana, Kazakhstan

Prayer times in Astana

The night in Astana runs about 10 hours and 42 minutes at the moment — Isha at 6:24 pm to Fajr at 5:06 am. Everything else on this page hangs off the same two points: when the sun sets and when it comes back.

The last third of the night

From Isha to Fajr is around 10 hours and 42 minutes at the moment. For anyone praying tahajjud, the last third of that period is the part traditionally singled out — work back from Fajr rather than forward from Isha to find it.

If you are travelling

Kazakhstan has 3 other cities covered on this site. If you are travelling within the country, use the page for where you actually are; the difference is small but real.

A note on the method used

Calculations come from 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.

Ramadan timings

The fasting day here runs 5:06 am to 4:54 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 11 hours and 48 minutes. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Astana today, prayer by prayer

Fajr opens the day at 5:06 am, well before first light. Sunrise at 7:01 am closes that window. Dhuhr 11:58 am, Asr 3:06 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Maghrib comes with sunset at 4:54 pm, and Isha closes the day at 6:24 pm. Around 9 hours and 53 minutes of daylight, all told.

How much the times move

At this latitude, midsummer creates a real difficulty: the sky never fully darkens, so there is no moment when the sun sits far enough below the horizon to give a clear Fajr or Isha. Communities in places like Astana generally follow a local ruling through those weeks — the nearest large mosque or Islamic centre will have guidance. The rest of the year the calculated times work as normal.

Finding the qibla

The qibla from here runs south-west, a bearing of about 231°. Makkah is around 4,288 kilometres (2,665 miles) away in a straight line.

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