Prayer Times in Dapitan, Philippines

Prayer times in Dapitan

There are around 9 hours and 27 minutes between Isha and Fajr in Dapitan just now. Everything else on this page hangs off the same two points: when the sun sets and when it comes back.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

Solar noon in Dapitan falls about 30 minutes before twelve o'clock. It explains the 11:30 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.

The shape of the day

The first call comes at 4:22 am, for Fajr. By 5:35 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Dhuhr follows at 11:30 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 3:47 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 5:25 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:55 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 11 hours and 50 minutes.

Lining up with the Kaaba

Turn west-north-west, about 290°, for the qibla. The distance works out to about 8,999 kilometres, or 5,592 miles. If you are marking a permanent direction in a room, check true north rather than trusting a phone compass alone.

What changes between summer and winter

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

The night in between

Dapitan gets roughly 9 hours and 27 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.

Ramadan timings

Stop eating by 4:22 am; break the fast at 5:25 pm. That is about 13 hours and 3 minutes on today's times. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

A note on the method used

These times follow 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. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. If the mosque down the road announces something a few minutes different, pray with the mosque.

A few things worth knowing

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