George Town Prayer Times

Prayer Times in George Town, Malaysia

Prayer times in George Town are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (5.41°N). We use the JAKIM method, the one followed across Malaysia. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

George Town's times use the JAKIM method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Malaysia. They are drawn from George Town's own coordinates (5.4112°N, 100.3354°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How George Town's prayer times are worked out

From George Town, the Qibla is 292° from true north. Face west to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 6,740 km (4,188 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from George Town's own coordinates (5.41°N, 100.34°E), not a national average. That is why George Town's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

George Town sits just 5.41°N of the equator. Its prayer calendar barely shifts across the year. With the JAKIM method, the longest daily fast is about 13h 52m. The shortest is about 13h 12m. That is a swing of only 0h 40m between June and December. Whenever Ramadan falls, fasting hours here stay much the same — something cities farther from the equator never see.

The Fajr and Isha angles for George Town come from JAKIM, Malaysia's federal Islamic authority. The JAKIM method sets Fajr when the sun is 20° below the horizon, and Isha at 18°. 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 Jelutong, Butterworth and Kampung Sungai Glugur. Each is only a few minutes off George Town's clock.

Nearby: Jelutong prayer times · Butterworth prayer times · Kampung Sungai Glugur prayer times · Perai prayer times · Paya Terubong prayer times

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Mosques in George Town

Mosques in and around George Town include Masjid Lebuh Acheh, Masjid Jamek Perangin, Masjid Kapitan Keling, Nagore Dargha Sheriff, Surau Al-Falah and Masjid Pintal Tali. The times on this page are worked out from George Town'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.