Prayer Times in Johannesburg, South Africa

The prayer day in Johannesburg

Today runs to roughly 13 hours and 2 minutes of daylight in Johannesburg, from sunrise at 5:21 am to sunset at 6:23 pm. That number is the one driving the whole timetable: lengthen the day and Isha moves back, shorten it and the afternoon prayers crowd together.

Lining up with the Kaaba

From this city the direction is north-north-east, or 15° if you prefer the number. Makkah is around 5,446 kilometres (3,384 miles) away in a straight line. If you are marking a permanent direction in a room, check true north rather than trusting a phone compass alone.

The yearly swing

The seasons show here without dominating. Summer in Johannesburg brings earlier Fajr times and a later Isha; winter pulls everything inward, and Maghrib can arrive while the afternoon still feels unfinished. Expect an hour or two of movement between the extremes.

Suhoor and iftar in Johannesburg

Suhoor closes at 3:57 am in Johannesburg, with iftar at 6:23 pm. Roughly 14 hours and 26 minutes, going by today's figures. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

How the day runs in Johannesburg

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 3:57 am. The sun appears at 5:21 am, which ends the Fajr period. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 11:52 am, and Asr at 4:29 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 6:23 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 7:53 pm. That gives Johannesburg roughly 13 hours and 2 minutes of daylight today.

For tahajjud

Between Isha at 7:53 pm and Fajr at 3:57 am there are about 8 hours and 4 minutes. 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.

How the times are worked out

These times follow Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. 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.

Quick answers

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