Aksaray Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Aksaray, Turkey

Prayer times in Aksaray are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (38.37°N). We use the Diyanet method, the one followed across Turkey. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Aksaray's times use the Diyanet method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Turkey. They are drawn from Aksaray's own coordinates (38.3725°N, 34.0254°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Aksaray's prayer times are worked out

From Aksaray, the Qibla is 162° from true north. Face south to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 1,965 km (1,221 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Aksaray's own coordinates (38.37°N, 34.03°E), not a national average. That is why Aksaray's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Aksaray timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Aksaray lies well west inside its Istanbul time zone. So the sun peaks about 52 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 12:42 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 16h 48m near June down to 11h 05m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Aksaray come from Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Türkiye's state religious authority. The Diyanet method sets Fajr when the sun is 18° below the horizon, and Isha at 17°. Use ISNA's 15° instead and Fajr here would move by several minutes. So the method — not the coordinates alone — settles the final time. We also publish times for nearby Nevşehir, Niğde and Kırşehir. Each is only a few minutes off Aksaray's clock.

Nearby: Nevşehir prayer times · Niğde prayer times · Kırşehir prayer times · Ereğli prayer times · Kayseri prayer times

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Mosques in Aksaray

Mosques in and around Aksaray include Salih Ağa Camii, Kurşunlu Cami, Ulu Cami, Külhani Alibaba Türbesi, Hacı Musa Camii and Hashasbaba Camii. The times on this page are worked out from Aksaray's own coordinates, and they apply across these mosques. Check the exact iqama time with your local mosque. That is the congregation, called a few minutes after each prayer starts.