Tarsus Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Tarsus, Turkey

Prayer times in Tarsus are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (36.92°N). We use the Diyanet method, the one followed across Turkey. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Tarsus's times use the Diyanet method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Turkey. They are drawn from Tarsus's own coordinates (36.9177°N, 34.8928°E). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Tarsus's prayer times are worked out

From Tarsus, the Qibla is 163° from true north. Face south to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 1,788 km (1,111 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Tarsus's own coordinates (36.92°N, 34.89°E), not a national average. That is why Tarsus's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Tarsus timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Tarsus lies well west inside its Istanbul time zone. So the sun peaks about 49 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 12:39 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 16h 34m near June down to 11h 11m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Tarsus come from Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, Türkiye's state religious authority. The Diyanet 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 Mersin, Adana and Ceyhan. Each is only a few minutes off Tarsus's clock.

Nearby: Mersin prayer times · Adana prayer times · Ceyhan prayer times · Ereğli prayer times · Kozan prayer times

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Mosques in Tarsus

Mosques in and around Tarsus include Miralay Ahmet Bey Camii, Melik Tahir Camii, Niyazi Efendi Mescidi, Eski Camii, Tarsus Ulu Camii and Duatepe Camii. The times on this page are worked out from Tarsus'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.