Prayer Times Astoria, NY Today

How Prayer Times in Astoria Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Astoria are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Astoria falls on 12 Jun 2026 at 3:44 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:08 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 24 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Astoria sits at 40.8 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Astoria is 4:28 PM on 03 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:31 PM on 21 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 3 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:31 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:31 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 Astoria runs 16 hours 47 minutes, on 21 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:44 AM to a Maghrib of 8:31 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 37 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 53 have a longer longest fast, which puts Astoria in the longest-fast quarter of the country. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:39 AM and 1:06 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Astoria

Each prayer begins at a defined position of the sun, not at a fixed clock time. PrayerTimesUSA calculates the Astoria 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 Astoria is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:11 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Astoria today that moment is 5:11 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:28 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Astoria swings between 3:44 AM and 6:08 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (11:39 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Astoria that works out to 11:39 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Astoria keeps America/New_York time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:27 PM today)

The standard Asr rule (followed by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools) starts Asr when a shadow grows as long as the object itself, past the noon shadow: 2:27 PM in Astoria today. The Hanafi school uses twice the length, putting Asr roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; switch the method at the top of the page to see it. Pray Asr before the sunlight yellows late in the day.

Maghrib (4:49 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 4:49 PM today in Astoria. It is also the iftar moment on fasting days, and the Sunnah is to break the fast promptly with dates or water, then pray.

Isha (6:06 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:06 PM tonight in Astoria. 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 Astoria.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Astoria, New York

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Astoria. The verified list below covers 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Astoria, with addresses, headed by Masjid Al-Hikmah at 48-01 31st Ave, Astoria, NY 11103. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:39 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

These mosques also run weekend schools, community iftars in Ramadan and the five daily prayers in congregation. If a Astoria mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Astoria (58.54° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Astoria the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 58.54° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Astoria's coordinates (40.8° N, 73.9° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6398 miles (10297 km), that puts Astoria among the closer American places to Mecca. It surprises many people that the direction is north-east rather than south-east: from North America, the shortest line to Mecca crosses the North Atlantic, not the Pacific.

At home or at work in Astoria, 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 New York: The Two Jump Days

Astoria moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:05 AM to 6:04 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:54 PM to 6:55 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:08 AM to 5:09 AM. Mosques in Astoria reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/New_York time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Astoria

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.