Prayer Times in Aloguinsan, Philippines

Aloguinsan, hour by hour

As things stand today, the first prayer in Aloguinsan is at 4:23 am and the last at 6:52 pm. Those times shift by a minute or two most days as the sun moves, and this page recalculates them every morning rather than holding a fixed list.

Qibla from Aloguinsan

Turn west-north-west, about 290°, for the qibla. The distance works out to about 8,952 kilometres, or 5,562 miles. If you are marking a permanent direction in a room, check true north rather than trusting a phone compass alone.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

Solar noon in Aloguinsan falls about 31 minutes before twelve o'clock. Hence Dhuhr at 11:29 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.

Nearby cities

25 other cities in Philippines are listed on this site, each with its own calculated timetable. It is worth switching to the right one when you travel — a few hundred kilometres east or west moves Fajr and Maghrib by a noticeable margin.

The yearly swing

Near the equator the timetable is remarkably stable. Aloguinsan sees close to twelve hours of daylight in every month, so Fajr and Maghrib move by minutes rather than hours across the year.

A walk through today's times

The first call comes at 4:23 am, for Fajr. The sun appears at 5:36 am, which ends the Fajr period. Dhuhr 11:29 am, Asr 3:45 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Maghrib is prayed at 5:22 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:52 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 11 hours and 46 minutes.

Fasting hours

Stop eating by 4:23 am; break the fast at 5:22 pm. That is about 12 hours and 59 minutes on today's times. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Method and madhab

The underlying method is Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. 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.

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