Néma Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Néma, Mauritania

Prayer times in Néma are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (16.62°N). We use the Muslim World League method, the one followed across Mauritania. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Néma's times use the Muslim World League method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Mauritania. They are drawn from Néma's own coordinates (16.6170°N, 7.2565°W). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Néma's prayer times are worked out

From Néma, the Qibla is 76° from true north. Face east to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 4,961 km (3,082 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Néma's own coordinates (16.62°N, 7.26°W), not a national average. That is why Néma's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Néma timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Néma lies well west inside its Nouakchott time zone. So the sun peaks about 37 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 12:27 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 14h 28m near June down to 12h 25m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Néma come from the Muslim World League. The Muslim World League method sets Fajr when the sun is 18° below the horizon, and Isha at 17°. 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 Mbera, Nioro and Niono. Each is only a few minutes off Néma's clock.

Nearby: Mbera prayer times · Nioro prayer times · Niono prayer times · Markala prayer times · Ségou prayer times

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Mosques in Néma

A mosque serving Néma is La Grande Mosquée de Néma المسجد الكبير النعمة. The times on this page are worked out from Néma'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.