Prayer Times in Katowice, Poland

Katowice prayer times explained

From Katowice, the qibla points south-east — a bearing of about 143° on a compass. The Kaaba is about 3,687 kilometres off; the timetable below comes from this city's own coordinates.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

Solar noon in Katowice falls about 32 minutes before twelve o'clock. Hence Dhuhr at 11:28 am, with the rest of the afternoon following along behind it. It is not an error — timezones are drawn for administrative convenience, not astronomical accuracy.

Method and madhab

Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah is the standard applied to this page. Methods differ mainly over Fajr and Isha, because each authority settles on a slightly different angle of the sun below the horizon — a few minutes either way is normal. Asr here follows the Hanafi reckoning, which places it noticeably later in the afternoon than the other schools would. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

A walk through today's times

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 4:36 am. By 6:29 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Next is Dhuhr at 11:28 am, then Asr in the afternoon at 2:39 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 4:26 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 5:56 pm. That gives Katowice roughly 9 hours and 57 minutes of daylight today.

Suhoor and iftar in Katowice

Suhoor closes at 4:36 am in Katowice, with iftar at 4:26 pm. Roughly 11 hours and 50 minutes, going by today's figures. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

Through the year

Katowice is far enough north that calculated Fajr and Isha times become unreliable around midsummer, when twilight lasts all night. Most communities this far up adopt a local ruling for those weeks; ask at your mosque. Outside that stretch, the ordinary calculation applies.

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