Prayer Times in Leicester Today

Today's Prayer Times in Leicester

Day length today: 9 hours 52 minutes.

Prayer Times in Leicester: 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 Leicester

Fajr in Leicester is at 06:05 in January and 03:39 in June, while Maghrib is at 16:20 in January and 21:30 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 Leicester

On 21 June, the longest day, the sun is up in Leicester for 16 hours 51 minutes between sunrise and sunset. On 21 December, the shortest day, it is up for 7 hours 38 minutes, a difference of 9 hours 13 minutes.

Leicester Compared With London

Dhuhr in Leicester falls about 4 minutes after London's today, because Leicester is further west. On 21 June, the longest day, the sun is up for 16 hours 51 minutes in Leicester against 16 hours 39 minutes in London, so Leicester has about 12 minutes more daylight because it is further north.

How These Times Are Calculated for Leicester

The times for Leicester 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 52.64 degrees latitude and -1.14 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 Leicester

Roughly from mid May to late July, the sky over Leicester 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 10 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 Leicester

The clocks in Leicester 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 Leicester

From Leicester, the qibla is about 119 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 Leicester

• Prayer times in Nottingham, about 22 miles away
• Prayer times in Coventry, about 23 miles away
• Prayer times in Birmingham, about 33 miles away
• Prayer times in Sheffield, about 53 miles away

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

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