Prayer Times in Cincinnati, United States

Praying in Cincinnati

Cincinnati sits at 39.14° N, 84.51° W, and the timetable here is built from that position rather than a national average. 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.

A quirk of the timezone

Solar noon in Cincinnati falls about 82 minutes after twelve o'clock. It explains the 1:22 pm Dhuhr — the timezone boundary is drawn some way from this city's own meridian. Nothing is wrong with the calculation; timezones are political lines, and the sun does not consult them.

The direction of prayer

From this city the direction is north-east, or 51° if you prefer the number. The distance works out to about 11,139 kilometres, or 6,921 miles. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

Method and madhab

Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah is the standard applied to this page. 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 is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

For tahajjud

From Isha to Fajr is around 10 hours and 20 minutes at the moment. 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 day runs in Cincinnati

Fajr opens the day at 6:30 am, well before first light. The window stays open until sunrise, 8:02 am. Dhuhr 1:22 pm, Asr 5:00 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 6:40 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 8:10 pm. That gives Cincinnati roughly 10 hours and 38 minutes of daylight today.

Through the year

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

If you are fasting

Suhoor closes at 6:30 am in Cincinnati, with iftar at 6:40 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 10 minutes, going by today's figures. The monthly table further down shows the window widening or narrowing day by day, which helps when planning meals a week ahead.

Questions people ask

This page rebuilds itself daily for Cincinnati — the times are always the current ones.