Madison Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Madison, Wisconsin

Prayer times in Madison are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (43.07°N). We use the ISNA method, the one followed across Wisconsin. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Madison's times use the ISNA method. That is the standard used by most mosques in Wisconsin and across the United States. They are drawn from Madison's own coordinates (43.0731°N, 89.4012°W). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Madison's prayer times are worked out

From Madison, the Qibla is 47° from true north. Face northeast to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 11,165 km (6,937 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Madison's own coordinates (43.07°N, 89.40°W), not a national average. That is why Madison's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Madison timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Madison lies well west inside its Chicago time zone. So the sun peaks about 66 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 1:03 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 17h 11m near June down to 10h 26m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Madison 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 Milwaukee, Chicago and Bridgeview. Each is only a few minutes off Madison's clock.

Nearby: Milwaukee prayer times · Chicago prayer times · Bridgeview prayer times · Cedar Rapids prayer times · Iowa City prayer times

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Mosques in Madison

A mosque serving Madison is The Islamic Center Of Madison. The times on this page are worked out from Madison'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.