Prayer Times in Al ‘Uqaylah, Libya

Al ‘Uqaylah prayer times explained

Al ‘Uqaylah currently has about 10 hours and 4 minutes of night, from Isha at 7:28 pm through to Fajr at 5:32 am. The whole timetable below follows the same movement — as the nights lengthen, every time on the page moves with them.

A note on the method used

Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah is the standard applied to this page. 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. Asr here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. If the mosque down the road announces something a few minutes different, pray with the mosque.

The night in between

Al ‘Uqaylah gets roughly 10 hours and 4 minutes of night between the last prayer and the first. If you pray tahajjud, the final third of that stretch is the one to aim for; counting backwards from Fajr is the easier way to locate it.

The yearly swing

The seasons show here without dominating. Summer in Al ‘Uqaylah brings earlier Fajr times and a later Isha; winter pulls everything inward, and Maghrib can arrive while the afternoon still feels unfinished. Expect an hour or two of movement between the extremes.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

Solar noon in Al ‘Uqaylah falls about 27 minutes after twelve o'clock. That is why Dhuhr sits at 12:27 pm rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

Fasting hours

Stop eating by 5:32 am; break the fast at 5:58 pm. That is about 12 hours and 26 minutes on today's times. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Today's timetable

Everything begins with Fajr, 5:32 am today. The window stays open until sunrise, 6:55 am. Midday brings Dhuhr at 12:27 pm; Asr comes round at 4:22 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 5:58 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 7:28 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 11 hours and 3 minutes.

The direction of prayer

Turn east-south-east, about 111°, for the qibla. Makkah is around 2,281 kilometres (1,417 miles) away in a straight line. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

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