Prayer Times in Edinburgh Today

Today's Prayer Times in Edinburgh

Day length today: 9 hours 35 minutes.

Prayer Times in Edinburgh: October 2026

The table shows each day of the month in local time, with Asr calculated the standard way. Today's row is highlighted.

Prayer Times Through the Year in Edinburgh

Fajr in Edinburgh is at 06:17 in January and 03:31 in June, while Maghrib is at 16:11 in January and 22:01 in June. The table uses local clock time, which is GMT in winter and BST in summer, so it already includes the clock change.

Times for the 15th of each month, in local clock time.

Daylight in Edinburgh

On 21 June, the longest day, the sun is up in Edinburgh for 17 hours 37 minutes between sunrise and sunset. On 21 December, the shortest day, it is up for 6 hours 58 minutes, a difference of 10 hours 39 minutes.

Edinburgh Compared With London

Dhuhr in Edinburgh falls about 13 minutes after London's today, because Edinburgh is further west. On 21 June, the longest day, the sun is up for 17 hours 37 minutes in Edinburgh against 16 hours 39 minutes in London, so Edinburgh has about 58 minutes more daylight because it is further north.

How These Times Are Calculated for Edinburgh

The times for Edinburgh use the Muslim World League method, which sets Fajr at 18 degrees and Isha at 17 degrees. They are worked out from the position of the sun at 55.95 degrees latitude and -3.19 degrees longitude and shown in the Europe/London time zone, so they are in local time whatever device you use. The clocks here change twice a year, and the tables follow local clock time.

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point, and Maghrib begins at sunset. Sunrise is not a prayer time, but it marks the end of the time for Fajr, and the hours between sunrise and sunset make up the day length shown above. Asr is shown two ways: in the standard method it begins when the shadow of an object equals its height, and in the Hanafi method when the shadow equals twice its height.

These times are calculated, so they may differ by a minute or two from a mosque timetable, and congregational times are set by your local mosque.

Fajr and Isha in Edinburgh

Roughly from early May to early August, the sky over Edinburgh does not get dark enough for Fajr and Isha to be worked out from the sun's angle. This page uses the seventh-of-the-night rule in that period, which places Fajr a seventh of the night before sunrise and Isha a seventh of the night after Maghrib. The period lasts about 14 weeks, which is the stretch of the year when the sun stays within 18 degrees of the horizon at midnight. Local mosques may follow a different rule, so check your mosque's timetable for congregational times.

Clock Changes in Edinburgh

The clocks in Edinburgh change in spring and autumn, so prayer times on the clock jump by an hour on the day of the change even though the sun itself has not moved. The monthly table already follows local clock time, so you can read the times straight from it.

Qibla Direction From Edinburgh

From Edinburgh, the qibla is about 120 degrees clockwise from true north, which points south-east. For a live compass on your own device, use the Qibla Finder.

Prayer Times in Other Cities Near Edinburgh

• Prayer times in Glasgow, about 42 miles away
• Prayer times in Bradford, about 160 miles away
• Prayer times in Leeds, about 162 miles away
• Prayer times in Manchester, about 175 miles away

To use your own location or see every city, go to our prayer times page.

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