Prayer Times in Sokoto

Today in Sokoto (Sunday, 8 November 2026, 28 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH), Fajr is at 05:22, sunrise at 06:35, Dhuhr at 12:24, Asr at 15:42, Maghrib at 18:10 and Isha at 19:19 local time (UTC+1).

The times are calculated for 13.0059°, 5.2476° with the Muslim World League (Fajr 18°, Isha 17°) method, the convention most widely used in Nigeria, 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 Sokoto is 71° from true north (ENE), on the great-circle route to the Ka'bah 3,781 km away.

On the June solstice, the longest day of the year in Sokoto, Fajr is at 04:55, Maghrib at 19:08 and Isha at 20:22; the time from Fajr to Maghrib, the length of a fast, is 14 h 13 min. On the December solstice, Fajr is at 05:40 and Maghrib at 18:18, a fast of only 12 h 38 min.

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