Ottawa Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Ottawa, Canada

Prayer times in Ottawa are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (45.41°N). We use the ISNA method, the one followed across Canada. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Ottawa's times use the ISNA method. That is the standard used by most mosques in Canada and across the United States. They are drawn from Ottawa's own coordinates (45.4112°N, 75.6981°W). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Ottawa's prayer times are worked out

From Ottawa, the Qibla is 57° from true north. Face northeast to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 10,144 km (6,303 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Ottawa's own coordinates (45.41°N, 75.70°W), not a national average. That is why Ottawa's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Ottawa timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Ottawa lies well west inside its Toronto time zone. So the sun peaks about 71 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 1:09 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 17h 40m near June down to 10h 12m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Ottawa 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 Hull, Ottawa South and Gatineau. Each is only a few minutes off Ottawa's clock.

Nearby: Hull prayer times · Ottawa South prayer times · Gatineau prayer times · Gloucester prayer times · Aylmer prayer times

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Mosques in Ottawa

Mosques in and around Ottawa include Islam Care Centre, Ottawa Muslim Association, Abu Thar al-Gofary Mosque, Ottawa and East Ottawa Masjid. The times on this page are worked out from Ottawa'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.