Prayer Times in Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei, hour by hour

Sunrise 6:00 am, sunset 5:15 pm — about 11 hours and 15 minutes of daylight in Taipei today. Prayer times are anchored to the sun rather than the clock, so as that figure grows and shrinks across the year, every time below moves with it.

Today's timetable

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 4:40 am. The window stays open until sunrise, 6:00 am. Next is Dhuhr at 11:37 am, then Asr in the afternoon at 3:39 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 5:15 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 6:45 pm. That gives Taipei roughly 11 hours and 15 minutes of daylight today.

The direction of prayer

From this city the direction is west-north-west, or 287° if you prefer the number. That puts the Kaaba roughly 8,227 km — 5,112 miles — from here.

The yearly swing

The seasons show here without dominating. Summer in Taipei 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.

Method and madhab

Calculations come from 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.

Fasting hours

Suhoor closes at 4:40 am in Taipei, with iftar at 5:15 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 35 minutes, going by today's figures. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

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