Prayer Times in Minneapolis, United States

Prayer times in Minneapolis

Minneapolis is a long way from Makkah — about 11,238 kilometres (6,983 miles) in a straight line. At that range the great-circle route matters: the qibla from here runs north-east, about 44°, which surprises people expecting otherwise.

A note on the method used

These times follow 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.

From Fajr to Isha

It starts in the dark, with Fajr at 6:07 am. The sun appears at 7:49 am, which ends the Fajr period. After the sun peaks, Dhuhr is prayed at 12:57 pm, and Asr at 4:20 pm. Maghrib is prayed at 6:04 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 7:34 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 10 hours and 15 minutes.

If you are fasting

Stop eating by 6:07 am; break the fast at 6:04 pm. That is about 11 hours and 57 minutes on today's times. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Through the year

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

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

Solar noon in Minneapolis falls about 57 minutes after twelve o'clock. That is why Dhuhr sits at 12:57 pm rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

Quick answers

No need to bookmark a timetable: the page recalculates for Minneapolis daily.