Marj Al Hamam Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Marj Al Hamam, Jordan

Marj Al Hamamprayer times are calculated based on the city's precise geographic coordinates (31.9027°N, 35.8464°E) using the Muslim World League calculation method — the standard followed by most mosques in Jordan. Times shown are for today's date and update automatically at midnight.

The five daily prayers — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha — are calculated from the sun's position relative to Marj Al Hamam's latitude and longitude. As the sun's declination changes throughout the year, prayer times shift by several minutes each day. This is why a Marj Al Hamam prayer time calendar for the full month is shown below — so you can plan ahead without checking daily.

How Marj Al Hamam's prayer times are worked out

Marj Al Hamam sits 1,230 km (764 miles) from the Kaaba in Mecca, so the Qibla from here is 160° from true north — you face south to pray. Fajr and Isha depend on how far the sun drops below the horizon, and Jordan follows the Muslim World League method set by the Muslim World League: Fajr begins when the sun is 18° below the horizon, and Isha when it reaches 17°. A city that used ISNA's 15° instead would get a noticeably different Fajr — which is why the method, not just the coordinates, decides the answer.

Day length is what really moves the timetable in Marj Al Hamam. Measured with the Muslim World League method, the longest daily fast here — from Fajr to Maghrib — runs about 15h 55m around June, while the shortest is roughly 11h 32m in December: a swing of 4h 23m across the year. That spread is set by Marj Al Hamam's latitude (31.90°N); cities nearer the equator barely vary, while far-northern ones swing by many hours.

One local quirk worth knowing: Dhuhr in Marj Al Hamam does not fall at 12:00. Because the city sits well west within its Asia/Amman time zone, the sun peaks about 45 minutes after clock noon, and Dhuhr follows the sun rather than the clock — today it is at 12:44 PM. The nearest cities we also publish times for are Wādī as Sīr, Khuraybat as Sūq, Ḩayy Khildā — close enough that their times differ from Marj Al Hamam's by only a few minutes.