Abū al-Kahṣīb Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Abū al-Kahṣīb, Iraq

Abū al-Kahṣībprayer times are calculated based on the city's precise geographic coordinates (30.4431°N, 47.8780°E) using the Muslim World League calculation method — the standard followed by most mosques in Iraq. Times shown are for today's date and update automatically at midnight.

The five daily prayers — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha — are calculated from the sun's position relative to Abū al-Kahṣīb's latitude and longitude. As the sun's declination changes throughout the year, prayer times shift by several minutes each day. This is why a Abū al-Kahṣīb prayer time calendar for the full month is shown below — so you can plan ahead without checking daily.

How Abū al-Kahṣīb's prayer times are worked out

Abū al-Kahṣīb sits 1,285 km (799 miles) from the Kaaba in Mecca, so the Qibla from here is 221° from true north — you face southwest to pray. Fajr and Isha depend on how far the sun drops below the horizon, and Iraq follows the Muslim World League method set by the Muslim World League: Fajr begins when the sun is 18° below the horizon, and Isha when it reaches 17°. A city that used ISNA's 15° instead would get a noticeably different Fajr — which is why the method, not just the coordinates, decides the answer.

Day length is what really moves the timetable in Abū al-Kahṣīb. Measured with the Muslim World League method, the longest daily fast here — from Fajr to Maghrib — runs about 15h 45m around June, while the shortest is roughly 11h 37m in December: a swing of 4h 08m across the year. That spread is set by Abū al-Kahṣīb's latitude (30.44°N); cities nearer the equator barely vary, while far-northern ones swing by many hours.

Abū al-Kahṣīb sits close to the meridian of its Asia/Baghdad time zone, so the sun peaks within 3 minutes of clock noon and Dhuhr lands near midday — today at 11:56 AM. Dhuhr always tracks the sun's peak, not the clock. The nearest cities we also publish times for are Basrah, Az Zubayr, Al Hārithah — close enough that their times differ from Abū al-Kahṣīb's by only a few minutes.