East Jerusalem Prayer Times

Prayer Times in East Jerusalem, Palestine

Prayer times in East Jerusalem are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (31.78°N). We use the Muslim World League method, the one followed across Palestine. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

East Jerusalem's times use the Muslim World League method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Palestine. They are drawn from East Jerusalem's own coordinates (31.7834°N, 35.2339°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How East Jerusalem's prayer times are worked out

From East Jerusalem, the Qibla is 157° from true north. Face southeast to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 1,239 km (770 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from East Jerusalem's own coordinates (31.78°N, 35.23°E), not a national average. That is why East Jerusalem's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the East Jerusalem timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. East Jerusalem lies well east inside its Hebron time zone. So the sun peaks about 12 minutes before clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 11:24 AM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 15h 54m near June down to 11h 31m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for East Jerusalem come from the Muslim World League. The Muslim World League 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 Ramallah, Battir and Hebron. Each is only a few minutes off East Jerusalem's clock.

Nearby: Ramallah prayer times · Battir prayer times · Hebron prayer times · Nablus prayer times · Mādabā prayer times

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Mosques in East Jerusalem

Mosques in and around East Jerusalem include الشيج مكي, מסגד אל אחמר, מסגד שייח לולו, قبة سليمان, כיפת שלמה פאשה and مسجد الهصطفى. The times on this page are worked out from East Jerusalem'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.