Sterling Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Sterling, Virginia

Prayer times in Sterling are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (39.00°N). We use the ISNA method, the one followed across Virginia. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Sterling's times use the ISNA method. That is the standard used by most mosques in Virginia and across the United States. They are drawn from Sterling's own coordinates (39.0026°N, 77.4080°W). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Sterling's prayer times are worked out

From Sterling, the Qibla is 56° from true north. Face northeast to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 10,653 km (6,620 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Sterling's own coordinates (39.00°N, 77.41°W), not a national average. That is why Sterling's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Sterling timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Sterling lies well west inside its New York time zone. So the sun peaks about 78 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 12:55 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 16h 30m near June down to 10h 46m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Sterling 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 Herndon, Falls Church and Silver Spring. Each is only a few minutes off Sterling's clock.

Nearby: Herndon prayer times · Falls Church prayer times · Silver Spring prayer times · Washington DC prayer times · Alexandria prayer times

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Mosques in Sterling

A mosque serving Sterling is All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center. The times on this page are worked out from Sterling'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.