Prayer Times in Mandialaza, Madagascar

Prayer times in Mandialaza

Being south of the equator, Mandialaza has its long fasting days and its short ones in the opposite months to Europe or South Asia. The longest days fall around the turn of the year rather than midsummer, so northern-hemisphere advice gets the season backwards for anyone here.

Isha to Fajr

Between Isha at 7:24 pm and Fajr at 3:51 am there are about 8 hours and 27 minutes. 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

The fasting day here runs 3:51 am to 5:54 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 14 hours and 3 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

If you are travelling

There are 14 more Madagascar cities here, and each has its own times rather than sharing Mandialaza's. The list under the timetable below will take you to any of them.

Where these times come from

Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah is the standard applied to this page. Where two calculations disagree it is nearly always Fajr or Isha: those depend on twilight, and twilight is a judgement call. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

The clock against the sun

True midday in Mandialaza arrives some 28 minutes before what the clock reads. It explains the 11:32 am Dhuhr — the timezone boundary is drawn some way from this city's own meridian. Nothing is wrong with the calculation; timezones are political lines, and the sun does not consult them.

Mandialaza today, prayer by prayer

Fajr is at 3:51 am — early, and in darkness. You have until 5:10 am, when the sun comes up. Midday brings Dhuhr at 11:32 am; Asr comes round at 4:00 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 5:54 pm, and Isha closes the day at 7:24 pm. Around 12 hours and 44 minutes of daylight, all told.

The direction of prayer

The qibla from here runs north-north-west, a bearing of about 348°. That puts the Kaaba roughly 4,541 km — 2,822 miles — from here.

Questions people ask

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