Free Islamic tools: prayer times, Qibla and Hijri dates
Prayer times calculated with the method your country's religious authority uses, the Qibla from wherever you are, and Hijri dates from the Umm al-Qura calendar. Everything runs on your device.
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About the islamic tools
Prayer times here are not a generic calculation. Each country uses the method its own religious authority uses, with the rounding fitted to that authority’s printed tables, and where the authority publishes its timetable the page shows those rows themselves: the Qatar Calendar House’s calendars for Doha, Lusail, Al Wakrah and Al Khor, and the Umm al-Qura calendar for Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. Days that are calculated rather than published are marked. The Qibla is the shortest path over the Earth’s real shape to the Kaaba, and the compass corrects the phone’s magnetic reading to true north, which few apps do.
The Hijri tools use the Umm al-Qura calendar that Saudi Arabia and most of the Gulf follow, with a note that the first day of Ramadan and the Eids can move by a day on sighting. The Ramadan timetable gives sehri and iftar for every day of the month in your city, and the countdown shows the time to Ramadan or Eid. The Arabic versions of these pages are written in Arabic, not translated by machine, because the people who use them most search in Arabic.
Frequently asked questions
Why do the times differ from my app by a minute or two?
Rounding. Each authority rounds its printed tables in its own way, and apps that apply the bare formula are a minute off on some days. Where the authority publishes its tables, this site shows them exactly; elsewhere it uses rounding fitted to the authority’s own calendars. A difference of twenty minutes at Fajr or Isha is a different calculation method, which the guide on prayer times explains.
Which Asr rule is used?
The one your country’s authority uses: the single-shadow rule in the Gulf and most of the Arab world, the Hanafi double-shadow rule in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. You can switch it on the page.
Does the Qibla compass need the internet?
Only to load the page. The bearing is calculated on the device from your position, and the magnetic correction comes from the World Magnetic Model built into the page. Hold the phone flat and away from metal, and check the bearing against a known landmark.
Is the Hijri date the same everywhere?
The civil date follows the Umm al-Qura calendar, which Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE use for administration. Religious dates such as the start of Ramadan depend on moon sighting and can differ by a day between countries; the pages say so next to those dates.
Which tool do I need?
- Today’s prayer times and the month ahead
- Prayer Times, or the page for your city
- Which way to face
- Qibla Direction
- Sehri and iftar for the whole month
- Ramadan Timetable; Ramadan Countdown for the days left
- Today’s Hijri date, or a date in the other calendar
- Hijri Date Converter, Hijri Calendar