Balanbale Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Balanbale, Somalia

Balanbaleprayer times are calculated based on the city's precise geographic coordinates (5.7690°N, 45.7630°E) using the Muslim World League calculation method — the standard followed by most mosques in Somalia. 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 Balanbale'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 Balanbale prayer time calendar for the full month is shown below — so you can plan ahead without checking daily.

How Balanbale's prayer times are worked out

Balanbale sits 1,854 km (1,152 miles) from the Kaaba in Mecca, so the Qibla from here is 340° from true north — you face north to pray. Fajr and Isha depend on how far the sun drops below the horizon, and Somalia 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 Balanbale. Measured with the Muslim World League method, the longest daily fast here — from Fajr to Maghrib — runs about 13h 44m around June, while the shortest is roughly 13h 03m in December: a swing of 0h 41m across the year. That spread is set by Balanbale's latitude (5.77°N); cities nearer the equator barely vary, while far-northern ones swing by many hours.

Balanbale sits close to the meridian of its Africa/Addis Ababa time zone, so the sun peaks within 5 minutes of clock noon and Dhuhr lands near midday — today at 12:04 PM. Dhuhr always tracks the sun's peak, not the clock. The nearest cities we also publish times for are Cabudwaaq, Beledweyne, Warder — close enough that their times differ from Balanbale's by only a few minutes.