Sek’ot’a Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Sek’ot’a, Ethiopia

Prayer times in Sek’ot’a are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (12.63°N). We use the Muslim World League method, the one followed across Ethiopia. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Sek’ot’a's times use the Muslim World League method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Ethiopia. They are drawn from Sek’ot’a's own coordinates (12.6306°N, 39.0347°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Sek’ot’a's prayer times are worked out

From Sek’ot’a, the Qibla is 5° from true north. Face north to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 981 km (610 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Sek’ot’a's own coordinates (12.63°N, 39.03°E), not a national average. That is why Sek’ot’a's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Sek’ot’a timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Sek’ot’a lies well west inside its Addis Ababa time zone. So the sun peaks about 32 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 12:22 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 14h 11m near June down to 12h 39m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Sek’ot’a 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 Alamata, Mek'ele and Weldiya. Each is only a few minutes off Sek’ot’a's clock.

Nearby: Alamata prayer times · Mek'ele prayer times · Weldiya prayer times · Debre Tabor prayer times · Wik’ro prayer times

See all prayer times in Ethiopia →

Mosques in Sek’ot’a

A mosque serving Sek’ot’a is Anwar Mosque. The times on this page are worked out from Sek’ot’a'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.