Prayer Times Manhattan, NY Today

How Prayer Times in Manhattan Change Through the Year

No two days in Manhattan start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 3:44 AM, while the latest falls on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:08 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours 24 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is wide because Manhattan sits at 40.8 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Manhattan is earliest on 03 Dec 2026 at 4:28 PM and latest on 20 Jun 2026 at 8:31 PM, a shift of 4 hours 3 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:31 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:31 PM.

For anyone fasting outside Ramadan, such as the Monday and Thursday fasts or the white days each month, the longest fast of 2026 in Manhattan runs 16 hours 47 minutes on 20 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:44 AM to Maghrib at 8:31 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 37 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:39 AM in one part of the year to 1:07 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 53 have a longer longest fast, which puts Manhattan in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Manhattan

Why do the times on this page move a little every day? Because each of the five prayers begins at a set position of the sun. PrayerTimesUSA works out the Manhattan schedule with the ISNA method used across most of North America: Fajr and Isha at 15 degrees of sun depression, Asr by the standard shadow rule, with the Hanafi Asr in the method selector above. The Hijri date today in Manhattan is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:12 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Manhattan that is 5:12 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:29 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Manhattan, dawn moves between 3:44 AM and 6:08 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:39 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Manhattan is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/New_York zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:39 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:27 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Manhattan today that is 2:27 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 (4:50 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:50 PM in Manhattan. 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 (6:07 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:07 PM tonight in Manhattan. Halfway between Maghrib and the next Fajr falls Islamic midnight, and the last third of the night after it is set aside for Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Tonight's last third for Manhattan is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Manhattan, New York

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Manhattan. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Manhattan are listed below with their addresses, including Masjid Manhattan at 30 Cliff Street, New York, NY 10038. Masjid Manhattan publishes a Jummah time of Khutbah 1:05 PM, Iqamah 1:40 PM; Masjid Ar-Rahman NYC publishes a Jummah time of 1st Khutbah 12:45 PM, Salah 1:10 PM; 2nd Khutbah 1:25 PM, Salah 1:50 PM; 3rd Khutbah 2:00 PM, Salah 2:25 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Manhattan mosque that is not listed? Send us its details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Manhattan (58.51° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Manhattan that means facing 58.51° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Manhattan's position (40.8° N, 74.0° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6399 miles (10299 km), that puts Manhattan 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 Manhattan, 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

Twice a year in Manhattan, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:05 AM to 6:04 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:54 PM to 6:55 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:08 AM back to 5:10 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/New_York clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Manhattan

Pair the prayers with the recorded supplications: the dua after the adhan, the dua after wudu, tasbih of 33 after every prayer, and duas for relief and gratitude. The full set, with Arabic, transliteration and translation, is in our dua library.