Pontiac Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Pontiac, Michigan

Prayer times in Pontiac are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (42.64°N). We use the ISNA method, the one followed across Michigan. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Pontiac's times use the ISNA method. That is the standard used by most mosques in Michigan and across the United States. They are drawn from Pontiac's own coordinates (42.6389°N, 83.2910°W). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Pontiac's prayer times are worked out

From Pontiac, the Qibla is 52° from true north. Face northeast to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 10,817 km (6,721 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Pontiac's own coordinates (42.64°N, 83.29°W), not a national average. That is why Pontiac's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Pontiac timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Pontiac lies well west inside its Detroit time zone. So the sun peaks about 102 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 1:39 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 17h 06m near June down to 10h 28m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Pontiac 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 Sterling Heights, Warren and Hamtramck. Each is only a few minutes off Pontiac's clock.

Nearby: Sterling Heights prayer times · Warren prayer times · Hamtramck prayer times · Dearborn prayer times · Detroit prayer times

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Mosques in Pontiac

A mosque serving Pontiac is The Muslim Unity Center. The times on this page are worked out from Pontiac'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.