Prayer Times in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Prayer times in Edinburgh

There is no such thing as a typical prayer day in Edinburgh — the times move too much across the year for that. Midsummer stretches the day at both ends until Fajr and Isha nearly meet, while midwinter squeezes all five prayers into a few hours of light.

Why your mosque may differ slightly

The underlying method is Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. The disagreement between methods lives almost entirely in Fajr and Isha, where the sun is below the horizon and the chosen angle decides the time. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. If the mosque down the road announces something a few minutes different, pray with the mosque.

Nearby cities

United Kingdom has 20 other cities covered on this site. The list under the timetable below will take you to any of them.

Isha to Fajr

From Isha to Fajr is around 10 hours and 58 minutes at the moment. 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.

Edinburgh today, prayer by prayer

It starts in the dark, with Fajr at 5:05 am. By 7:15 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Dhuhr follows at 11:56 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 2:44 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 4:37 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:07 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 9 hours and 22 minutes.

Lining up with the Kaaba

Turn east-south-east, about 120°, for the qibla. That puts the Kaaba roughly 5,211 km — 3,238 miles — from here.

If you are fasting

Stop eating by 5:05 am; break the fast at 4:37 pm. That is about 11 hours and 32 minutes on today's times. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Prayer times in Edinburgh: FAQ