Prayer Times Staten Island, NY Today

How Prayer Times in Staten Island Change Through the Year

The sun runs Staten Island's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 13 Jun 2026, at 3:46 AM, and its latest on 31 Oct 2026, at 6:09 AM: a swing of 2 hours 23 minutes between the two. A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer. The swing is wide because Staten Island sits at 40.6 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 Staten Island is 4:29 PM on 06 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:31 PM on 20 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 2 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:31 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:33 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 Staten Island runs 16 hours 45 minutes on 20 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:46 AM to Maghrib at 8:31 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 38 minutes on 20 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:40 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, that longest fast ranks 68 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Staten Island

The Staten Island timetable on this page is calculated with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the convention followed by most mosques in the United States. It sets Fajr and Isha by a 15-degree depression angle of the sun, and Asr by the standard shadow rule; the Hanafi Asr is one tap away in the method selector. Each prayer is tied to a position of the sun, never to a fixed clock time. Today, 03 Nov 2026, is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448.

Fajr (5:12 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Staten Island it begins at 5:12 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:29 AM). Across the year, Staten Island's dawn moves from 3:46 AM at the earliest to 6:09 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:40 AM today)

Dhuhr starts once the sun has crossed its peak and begun to decline. Solar noon is not the same as 12:00 on the clock, because Staten Island sits within the America/New_York zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Staten Island is 11:40 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:29 PM today)

Under the standard rule used by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools, Asr opens when a shadow stretches to the object's own length beyond the noon shadow. That gives 2:29 PM in Staten Island today. Hanafi Asr, at twice the length, lands roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; flip the method selector at the top of the page to see it. The time to pray Asr runs out as the light yellows toward sunset.

Maghrib (4:51 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:51 PM in Staten Island. 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 (6:08 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:08 PM tonight in Staten Island. 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 Staten Island is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Staten Island, New York

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Staten Island. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Staten Island are listed below with their addresses, including Islamic Center of Staten Island at 365 Veterans Road West, Staten Island, NY 10309. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:40 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Beyond Friday, expect daily congregational prayers, children's Quran classes and taraweeh in Ramadan at these centers. Mosque not listed? Send us the details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Staten Island (58.39° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Staten Island that means facing 58.39° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Staten Island's position (40.6° N, 74.1° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6416 miles (10325 km), that puts Staten Island 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 Staten Island, 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

Staten Island moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:06 AM to 6:05 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:55 PM to 6:56 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:09 AM to 5:10 AM. Mosques in Staten Island 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 Staten Island

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.