Prayer Times in Ban Kham Pom, Thailand

The prayer day in Ban Kham Pom

Ban Kham Pom gets about 11 hours and 35 minutes of daylight today, and the five prayer times are spaced across it. That number is the one driving the whole timetable: lengthen the day and Isha moves back, shorten it and the afternoon prayers crowd together.

Which way to face in Ban Kham Pom

Face west-north-west — roughly 286° on a compass — and you are pointed at the Kaaba. Makkah is around 6,867 kilometres (4,267 miles) away in a straight line.

The yearly swing

Ban Kham Pom sits far enough from the equator for the difference to be felt. Midsummer stretches the day, midwinter compresses it, and the prayer times follow.

Ban Kham Pom today, prayer by prayer

The first call comes at 4:40 am, for Fajr. The window stays open until sunrise, 5:55 am. Dhuhr 11:43 am, Asr 3:54 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Sunset brings Maghrib at 5:30 pm; Isha is the last, at 7:00 pm. That is some 11 hours and 35 minutes between the sun coming up and going down.

Suhoor and iftar in Ban Kham Pom

Suhoor ends at Fajr — 4:40 am today — and the fast breaks at Maghrib, 5:30 pm. Around 12 hours and 50 minutes without food or water today. The monthly table further down shows the window widening or narrowing day by day, which helps when planning meals a week ahead.

The last third of the night

Between Isha at 7:00 pm and Fajr at 4:40 am there are about 9 hours and 40 minutes. The final third of the night carries particular weight in the tradition, and it is measured from Isha to Fajr rather than by the clock.

The calculation behind them

Calculations come from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib are largely settled across methods; Fajr and Isha are where authorities part company. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. A small gap between this page and your nearest masjid is nothing to worry about; go with theirs.

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