Prayer Times in Sacramento, United States

About the times on this page

The direction of prayer from Sacramento is north-north-east, or 20° if you are using a compass app. The Kaaba is about 13,065 kilometres off; the timetable below comes from this city's own coordinates.

The fasting day in Sacramento

Suhoor closes at 5:58 am in Sacramento, with iftar at 6:09 pm. Roughly 12 hours and 11 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.

The yearly swing

Sacramento sees a large seasonal spread — very early summer Fajr times, a very late Isha, then a tightly packed winter day. The month view below is the reliable way to keep track.

How the day runs in Sacramento

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 5:58 am. The sun appears at 7:30 am, which ends the Fajr period. Next is Dhuhr at 12:50 pm, then Asr in the afternoon at 4:29 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 6:09 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 7:39 pm. That gives Sacramento roughly 10 hours and 39 minutes of daylight today.

The clock against the sun

True midday in Sacramento arrives some 50 minutes after what the clock reads. That is why Dhuhr sits at 12:50 pm rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. Nothing is wrong with the calculation; timezones are political lines, and the sun does not consult them.

If you are travelling

United States has 105 other cities covered on this site. If you are travelling within the country, use the page for where you actually are; the difference is small but real.

A note on the method used

These times follow 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. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

Common questions

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