Prayer Times in Washington, D.C.

Today in Washington, D.C. (Sunday, 8 November 2026, 28 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH), Fajr is at 05:28, sunrise at 06:43, Dhuhr at 11:53, Asr at 14:37, Maghrib at 17:00 and Isha at 18:16 local time (UTC-5).

The times are calculated for 38.9072°, -77.0369° with the Islamic Society of North America (Fajr & Isha 15°) method, the convention most widely used in United States, 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 Washington, D.C. is 57° from true north (ENE), on the great-circle route to the Ka'bah 10,632 km away.

On the June solstice, the longest day of the year in Washington, D.C., Fajr is at 04:08, Maghrib at 20:37 and Isha at 22:12; the time from Fajr to Maghrib, the length of a fast, is 16 h 29 min. On the December solstice, Fajr is at 06:03 and Maghrib at 16:49, a fast of only 10 h 46 min.

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