Mazār-e Sharīf Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Mazār-e Sharīf, Afghanistan

Prayer times in Mazār-e Sharīf are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (36.71°N). We use the Karachi method, the one followed across Afghanistan. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Mazār-e Sharīf's times use the Karachi method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Afghanistan. They are drawn from Mazār-e Sharīf's own coordinates (36.7090°N, 67.1109°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Mazār-e Sharīf's prayer times are worked out

From Mazār-e Sharīf, the Qibla is 245° from true north. Face southwest to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 3,132 km (1,946 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Mazār-e Sharīf's own coordinates (36.71°N, 67.11°E), not a national average. That is why Mazār-e Sharīf's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

Day length is what moves the Mazār-e Sharīf timetable through the year. With the Karachi method, the longest daily fast — Fajr to Maghrib — runs about 16h 33m around June. It eases to 11h 12m by December. That is a 5h 21m swing, set by the city's latitude of 36.71°N. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider the gap.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Mazār-e Sharīf come from the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi. The Karachi method sets Fajr when the sun is 18° 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. Mazār-e Sharīf sits west of its Kabul meridian. The sun peaks about 10 minutes after noon, so Dhuhr today is 12:07 PM. We also publish times for nearby Balkh, Khulm and Tirmiz. Each is only a few minutes off Mazār-e Sharīf's clock.

Nearby: Balkh prayer times · Khulm prayer times · Tirmiz prayer times · Sar-e Pul prayer times · Shibirghān prayer times

See all prayer times in Afghanistan →

Mosques in Mazār-e Sharīf

Mosques in and around Mazār-e Sharīf include شین جومات, مسجد جامع گذر قرغان, مسجد ریس باشی, مسجد انصاری, مسجد جامه نمبر 1 اتفاق and مرقد استاد شهید عبدالعلی مزاری. The times on this page are worked out from Mazār-e Sharīf'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.