Isfahan Prayer Times
Accurate Islamic prayer times in Isfahan, Iran — updated daily
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Prayer Times in Isfahan, Iran
Prayer times in Isfahan are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (32.65°N). We use the Tehran method, the one followed across Iran. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.
Isfahan's times use the Tehran method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Iran. They are drawn from Isfahan's own coordinates (32.6525°N, 51.6746°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.
How Isfahan's prayer times are worked out
From Isfahan, the Qibla is 226° from true north. Face southwest to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 1,711 km (1,063 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Isfahan's own coordinates (32.65°N, 51.67°E), not a national average. That is why Isfahan's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.
Day length is what moves the Isfahan timetable through the year. With the Tehran method, the longest daily fast — Fajr to Maghrib — runs about 16h 18m around June. It eases to 11h 46m by December. That is a 4h 32m swing, set by the city's latitude of 32.65°N. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider the gap.
The Fajr and Isha angles for Isfahan come from the Institute of Geophysics, Tehran. The Tehran method sets Fajr when the sun is 17.7° below the horizon, and Isha at 14°. Use ISNA's 15° instead and Fajr here would move by several minutes. So the method — not the coordinates alone — settles the final time. Isfahan sits west of its Tehran meridian. The sun peaks about 11 minutes after noon, so Dhuhr today is 11:47 AM. We also publish times for nearby Khomeynī Shahr, Bahārestān and Shāhīn Shahr. Each is only a few minutes off Isfahan's clock.
Nearby: Khomeynī Shahr prayer times · Bahārestān prayer times · Shāhīn Shahr prayer times · Najafābād prayer times · Fūlād Shahr prayer times
Iranian prayer times work differently
Iran follows Ja'fari (Twelver Shia) fiqh, and its prayer times are not simply a variant of the Sunni ones — the rules themselves differ. Asr does not wait for a shadow to reach one or two object-lengths. Its time begins after the interval needed to pray Dhuhr. In practice Dhuhr and Asr are prayed back to back. Maghrib differs too. Rather than beginning at sunset, it is delayed until the redness in the eastern sky has passed overhead. In practice that is implemented as the sun sitting roughly 4 to 4.5 degrees below the horizon. Maghrib and Isha are then typically combined. The practical result is that many Iranians pray in three sittings a day rather than five. The national reference is the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Tehran (Fajr 17.7°, Isha 14°), the method used on this page.
Mashhad, Isfahan and the shrines
The Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad is the spiritual centre of Iranian Shia life. Its complex covers about 1.2 million square metres. That makes it the largest mosque in the world by area, after the sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina. It draws roughly 30 million pilgrims a year, the most visited pilgrimage site in Islam after the Hajj. Within the same complex stands the Goharshad Mosque, commissioned by the Timurid empress Goharshad and completed around 1430. In Isfahan, the Shah (Imam) Mosque on Naqsh-e Jahan Square was begun in 1611. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and among the finest works of Safavid architecture.
Mosques in Isfahan
Mosques in and around Isfahan include مسجد جامع عباسی, مدرسه چهارباغ, امامزاده احمد, مسجد شیخ لطف الله, مسجد سلطانزاده انصاری and مسجد توحید. The times on this page are worked out from Isfahan'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.
Fajr
4:54 AMالفجر
Fajr in Isfahan — pre-dawn prayer, performed before sunrise
2 rak'aat
Dhuhr
11:47 AMالظهر
Dhuhr in Isfahan — midday prayer, after the sun passes its zenith
4 rak'aat
Asr
2:55 PMالعصر
Asr in Isfahan — afternoon prayer, in the late afternoon
4 rak'aat
Maghrib
5:37 PMالمغرب
Maghrib in Isfahan — sunset prayer, just after sunset
3 rak'aat
Isha
6:23 PMالعشاء
Isha in Isfahan — night prayer, after twilight has disappeared
4 rak'aat
Isfahan Prayer Times — October 2026
Full month prayer calendar for Isfahan, Iran. Calculation method: Tehran.
| Date | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 1 | 4:37 AM | 5:57 AM | 11:53 AM | 3:15 PM | 6:06 PM | 6:51 PM |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 4:38 AM | 5:58 AM | 11:53 AM | 3:14 PM | 6:04 PM | 6:50 PM |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 4:38 AM | 5:59 AM | 11:52 AM | 3:13 PM | 6:03 PM | 6:48 PM |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 4:39 AM | 5:59 AM | 11:52 AM | 3:13 PM | 6:02 PM | 6:47 PM |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 4:40 AM | 6:00 AM | 11:52 AM | 3:12 PM | 6:01 PM | 6:46 PM |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 4:40 AM | 6:01 AM | 11:51 AM | 3:11 PM | 5:59 PM | 6:44 PM |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 4:41 AM | 6:01 AM | 11:51 AM | 3:10 PM | 5:58 PM | 6:43 PM |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 4:42 AM | 6:02 AM | 11:51 AM | 3:09 PM | 5:57 PM | 6:42 PM |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 4:42 AM | 6:03 AM | 11:51 AM | 3:08 PM | 5:56 PM | 6:41 PM |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 4:43 AM | 6:03 AM | 11:50 AM | 3:07 PM | 5:54 PM | 6:39 PM |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 4:44 AM | 6:04 AM | 11:50 AM | 3:06 PM | 5:53 PM | 6:38 PM |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 4:44 AM | 6:05 AM | 11:50 AM | 3:05 PM | 5:52 PM | 6:37 PM |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 4:45 AM | 6:06 AM | 11:50 AM | 3:05 PM | 5:51 PM | 6:36 PM |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 4:46 AM | 6:06 AM | 11:49 AM | 3:04 PM | 5:49 PM | 6:35 PM |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 4:47 AM | 6:07 AM | 11:49 AM | 3:03 PM | 5:48 PM | 6:34 PM |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 4:47 AM | 6:08 AM | 11:49 AM | 3:02 PM | 5:47 PM | 6:32 PM |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 4:48 AM | 6:09 AM | 11:49 AM | 3:01 PM | 5:46 PM | 6:31 PM |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 4:49 AM | 6:09 AM | 11:48 AM | 3:00 PM | 5:45 PM | 6:30 PM |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 4:49 AM | 6:10 AM | 11:48 AM | 2:59 PM | 5:44 PM | 6:29 PM |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 4:50 AM | 6:11 AM | 11:48 AM | 2:59 PM | 5:43 PM | 6:28 PM |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 4:51 AM | 6:12 AM | 11:48 AM | 2:58 PM | 5:42 PM | 6:27 PM |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 4:52 AM | 6:12 AM | 11:48 AM | 2:57 PM | 5:40 PM | 6:26 PM |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 4:52 AM | 6:13 AM | 11:48 AM | 2:56 PM | 5:39 PM | 6:25 PM |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 4:53 AM | 6:14 AM | 11:48 AM | 2:55 PM | 5:38 PM | 6:24 PM |
| Sun, Oct 25Today | 4:54 AM | 6:15 AM | 11:47 AM | 2:55 PM | 5:37 PM | 6:23 PM |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 4:54 AM | 6:16 AM | 11:47 AM | 2:54 PM | 5:36 PM | 6:22 PM |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 4:55 AM | 6:16 AM | 11:47 AM | 2:53 PM | 5:35 PM | 6:21 PM |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 4:56 AM | 6:17 AM | 11:47 AM | 2:52 PM | 5:34 PM | 6:20 PM |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 4:57 AM | 6:18 AM | 11:47 AM | 2:52 PM | 5:34 PM | 6:19 PM |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 4:57 AM | 6:19 AM | 11:47 AM | 2:51 PM | 5:33 PM | 6:18 PM |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 4:58 AM | 6:20 AM | 11:47 AM | 2:50 PM | 5:32 PM | 6:18 PM |
Isfahan times are approximate and may vary by 1–2 minutes from your local Isfahan mosque — verify with your imam.
Isfahan Prayer Times — FAQ
What direction is Qibla from Isfahan?
The Qibla direction from Isfahan, Iran is 226° from true north. Face southwest toward Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which lies 1,711 km (1,063 miles) away.
How long is the fast in Isfahan?
The longest daily fast in Isfahan is about 16h 18m, around June. The shortest is about 11h 46m, in December. That is a swing of 4h 32m across the year, set by the city's latitude of 32.65°N. Both are measured from Fajr to Maghrib with the Tehran method.
Why are Iranian prayer times different from Sunni timetables?
Because Iran follows Ja'fari (Twelver Shia) fiqh. Asr begins after the interval needed to pray Dhuhr, rather than at a shadow length. Maghrib is delayed past sunset until the eastern redness passes overhead, about 4 to 4.5 degrees below the horizon. Dhuhr with Asr, and Maghrib with Isha, are commonly combined, so many Iranians pray in three sittings rather than five.
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