Prayer Times in Birmingham

Common questions

What time is Fajr in Birmingham?

Fajr in Birmingham moves through the year with the sun — earliest around midsummer, latest in midwinter. Across the 13 months this page covers it falls between 01:04 and 06:11 local time. The month tables give the exact time for every date.

What time is Maghrib in Birmingham?

Maghrib in Birmingham is sunset, so it moves with the season: across the 13 months on this page it falls between 15:53 and 21:35 local time. The month tables give the exact time for every date.

When does the last third of the night begin in Birmingham?

It begins two-thirds of the way from Maghrib to the next Fajr, so it moves with the length of the night. In Birmingham it falls between 23:43 and 01:58 local time across the 13 months this page covers, and Islamic midnight falls between 22:53 and 00:12. The month tables give both for every night.

Which calculation method is used for Birmingham?

These times use the Muslim World League method, which is the convention in this region. You can change the method on the prayer times page.

Why do prayer times differ between websites?

Nearly all of the difference comes from the angle each authority uses for Fajr and Isha. These times use the Muslim World League method. In Birmingham that matters by a measurable amount: a site using the ISNA method gives a Fajr up to 61 minutes later, and one using the Egyptian method gives one up to 46 minutes earlier. A few minutes of variation between sources is normal; a difference of this size means a different method, not an error.

Are these times exact?

They are computed astronomically for 52.4862°, -1.8904° and are accurate to the minute at that point. The sun crosses 15° of longitude an hour, so moving 10 km east or west inside Birmingham shifts every time by about 35 seconds — one timetable therefore holds across the whole city. Local altitude has a smaller effect, on sunrise and sunset.

Why is Fajr so early in May?

On 68 days of the year — across May, June, July — the sun over Birmingham never drops far enough below the horizon for Fajr and Isha to have an astronomical solution at all. On those days this page applies the midnight rule: the night between sunset and sunrise is split in half, and Fajr is placed at the midpoint. That is why the earliest Fajr in these tables is 01:04 rather than an ordinary pre-dawn time.