Prayer Times in Basra

Today in Basra (Sunday, 8 November 2026, 28 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH), Fajr is at 04:47, sunrise at 06:09, Dhuhr at 11:34, Asr at 14:34, Maghrib at 16:56 and Isha at 18:14 local time (UTC+3).

The times are calculated for 30.5085°, 47.7804° with the Muslim World League (Fajr 18°, Isha 17°) method, the convention most widely used in Iraq, and the Standard (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) rule for Asr. Your local mosque may add a few minutes of precaution or use a different method, so its timetable takes precedence.

The qibla from Basra is 220° from true north (SW), on the great-circle route to the Ka'bah 1,285 km away. Today at 13:50 the sun stands exactly in the direction of the qibla, so shadows point directly away from it, an easy way to check the direction without a compass.

On the June solstice, the longest day of the year in Basra, Fajr is at 03:10, Maghrib at 18:54 and Isha at 20:26; the time from Fajr to Maghrib, the length of a fast, is 15 h 44 min. On the December solstice, Fajr is at 05:16 and Maghrib at 16:52, a fast of only 11 h 36 min.

Ramadan moves about 11 days earlier every year, so over a 33-year cycle the fasting day in Basra ranges between these two lengths. See the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Basra for suhoor and iftar times.