Prayer Times West Los Angeles, CA Today

How Prayer Times in West Los Angeles Change Through the Year

The sun runs West Los Angeles's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 08 Jun 2026, at 4:18 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:05 AM: a swing of 1 hour 47 minutes between the two. A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because West Los Angeles sits at 34.0 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in West Los Angeles is 4:44 PM on 30 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:09 PM on 22 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 25 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:08 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:49 PM.

Anyone who keeps the voluntary fasts, on Mondays and Thursdays or the white days of each month, feels the range most. The longest fast of 2026 in West Los Angeles runs 15 hours 50 minutes, on 18 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:18 AM to a Maghrib of 8:08 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 8 minutes on 15 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 143 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:37 AM and 1:04 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in West Los Angeles

Each prayer begins at a defined position of the sun, not at a fixed clock time. PrayerTimesUSA calculates the West Los Angeles timetable with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the standard used by most mosques in the United States: Fajr and Isha at a sun angle of 15 degrees, Asr by the standard shadow rule, with the Hanafi Asr shown through the method selector. Today's Hijri date in West Los Angeles is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:05 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In West Los Angeles today that is 5:05 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:15 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in West Los Angeles ranges across the year from 4:18 AM at its earliest to 6:05 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:37 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in West Los Angeles is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Los_Angeles zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:37 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:37 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In West Los Angeles today that is 2:37 PM by the standard (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) rule. The Hanafi school waits for double the height, around 45 to 65 minutes later; the method selector above shows that time. Pray it before the sun weakens and yellows near the horizon.

Maghrib (4:59 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:59 PM in West Los Angeles. On a fasting day this moment is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast right away, with dates or water, and then pray Maghrib.

Isha (6:09 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:09 PM tonight in West Los Angeles. Islamic midnight is the midpoint between Maghrib and the next Fajr, and the last third of the night after it is the time of Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Use our Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third for West Los Angeles.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in West Los Angeles, California

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in West Los Angeles. The mosque listed below serves West Los Angeles with its address, including Iman Cultural Center at 3376 Motor Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:37 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Most mosques in West Los Angeles also hold the five daily prayers in congregation, Quran classes for children, and taraweeh through Ramadan. If your mosque in West Los Angeles is missing from the list, contact us and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in West Los Angeles (23.67° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from West Los Angeles that means facing 23.67° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from West Los Angeles's position (34.0° N, 118.4° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8346 miles (13432 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From West Los Angeles, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in West Los Angeles, the Qibla Compass on your phone reads the bearing directly. Calibrate it with a slow figure-eight motion, and keep it clear of metal furniture and electronics that drag the needle. Inside a mosque, the mihrab already marks the direction.

Daylight Saving Time in California: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in West Los Angeles, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:06 AM to 6:05 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:55 PM to 6:56 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:03 AM back to 5:03 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Los_Angeles clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for West Los Angeles

Complete the prayers with the authentic supplications: the dua after adhan, dua after wudu, the 33-times tasbih after each prayer, and duas for hardship and gratitude. Read them in our dua library with Arabic text, transliteration and translation.