Cambridge Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Prayer times in Cambridge are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (42.37°N). We use the ISNA method, the one followed across Massachusetts. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Cambridge's times use the ISNA method. That is the standard used by most mosques in Massachusetts and across the United States. They are drawn from Cambridge's own coordinates (42.3736°N, 71.1097°W). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Cambridge's prayer times are worked out

From Cambridge, the Qibla is 60° from true north. Face northeast to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 10,005 km (6,217 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Cambridge's own coordinates (42.37°N, 71.11°W), not a national average. That is why Cambridge's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Cambridge timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Cambridge lies well west inside its New York time zone. So the sun peaks about 53 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 12:43 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 17h 03m near June down to 10h 29m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Cambridge come from the Islamic Society of North America. The ISNA method sets Fajr when the sun is 15° below the horizon, and Isha at 15°. 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 Boston, Providence and Manchester. Each is only a few minutes off Cambridge's clock.

Nearby: Boston prayer times · Providence prayer times · Manchester prayer times · Hartford prayer times · Portland prayer times

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Mosques in Cambridge

Mosques in and around Cambridge include Islamic Society of Boston, Allston Brighton Islamic Center, Arabic Jumaa Mosque, Islamic Center of Rindge Ave and Yusuf Mosque. The times on this page are worked out from Cambridge'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.