Prayer Times in Barotac Viejo, Philippines

Barotac Viejo, hour by hour

Barotac Viejo, Philippines gets its own calculation here, run from the coordinates 11.05° N, 122.85° E rather than borrowed from a larger city nearby. Two towns an hour apart see the sun rise at different moments, and since Fajr and Maghrib follow the sun rather than the clock, those minutes carry straight through to the timetable.

What changes between summer and winter

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

The shape of the day

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 4:26 am. You have until 5:39 am, when the sun comes up. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 11:32 am, and Asr at 3:48 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 5:25 pm, and Isha closes the day at 6:55 pm. Around 11 hours and 46 minutes of daylight, all told.

How the times are worked out

These times follow 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. 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.

Clock time and solar time

True midday in Barotac Viejo 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. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

Fasting hours

The fasting day here runs 4:26 am to 5:25 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 59 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Which way to face in Barotac Viejo

The qibla from here runs west-north-west, a bearing of about 290°. That puts the Kaaba roughly 8,848 km — 5,498 miles — from here.

Prayer times in Barotac Viejo: FAQ

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