Prayer Times in Cartagena, Spain

Cartagena, hour by hour

Everything on this page is calculated for Cartagena, Spain specifically, using the position 37.60° N, 0.98° W. 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.

Qibla from Cartagena

The qibla from here runs east-south-east, a bearing of about 103°. Makkah is around 4,297 kilometres (2,670 miles) away in a straight line.

Through the year

Summer and winter look like different timetables entirely in Cartagena. The times can shift by several hours between the two ends of the year.

The clock against the sun

True midday in Cartagena arrives some 48 minutes after what the clock reads. That is why Dhuhr sits at 12:48 pm rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. Nothing is wrong with the calculation; timezones are political lines, and the sun does not consult them.

Today's timetable

Fajr is at 5:55 am — early, and in darkness. The sun appears at 7:26 am, which ends the Fajr period. Dhuhr 12:48 pm, Asr 4:30 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Maghrib comes with sunset at 6:09 pm, and Isha closes the day at 7:39 pm. Around 10 hours and 43 minutes of daylight, all told.

Method and madhab

The underlying method is 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.

The fasting day in Cartagena

The fasting day here runs 5:55 am to 6:09 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 12 hours and 14 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

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