Manchester Prayer Times
Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK Europe/London
Calculated times — checked against external reference sources. These times are produced by our own calculation engine using the published methodology. Our validation includes astronomical comparison with the US Naval Observatory and prayer-time comparisons against external reference data. Differences can occur between calculation methods, so please follow your local mosque for congregational prayer.
Prayer times for Friday 18 September 2026
Europe/London
- Fajr 05:09
- Sunrise 06:48
- Dhuhr 13:08
- Asr — Mithl 1 16:25
- Asr — Mithl 2 17:16
- Maghrib 19:21
- Isha 20:56
Next Prayer
Fajr
Time remaining
at 05:09
“Indeed, prayer restrains from immorality and wrongdoing.”
Which Asr?
Both conventions are calculated and shown. Where a single value is unavoidable we use Asr — Mithl 2, which is a presentation default and not a claim that it is the Manchester standard.
- Asr — Mithl 1
- 16:25
- Asr — Mithl 2
- 17:16
One-seventh-of-the-night rule applied on this date
- Fajr: the approved one-seventh-of-the-night limit has been applied, so Fajr is shown at 05:09 rather than the 18° angle time of 04:46.
- Isha: the approved one-seventh-of-the-night limit has been applied, so Isha is shown at 20:56 rather than the 17° angle time of 21:11.
About prayer times in Manchester
These prayer times are calculated for central Manchester — 53.4809° N, 2.2374° W — in the Europe/London timezone, so they follow the change between GMT and British Summer Time automatically. They are worked out from those coordinates using the site's published methodology, not copied from another timetable.
Standard and Hanafi Asr
Both Asr times are shown every day: Standard (Mithl 1) and Hanafi (Mithl 2). In Manchester the gap between them runs from under half an hour around the December solstice to about an hour and a quarter in late June. Neither is presented as the correct one — follow the convention you or your mosque use.
Short summer nights
At Manchester's latitude summer nights are short. From roughly mid-May to late July the sun does not sink far enough below the horizon for the 18° Fajr angle or the 17° Isha angle to be reached at all. Around the June solstice, Fajr is published at about 3:40am and Isha at about 10:40pm.
When an angle-based time is unavailable, or falls outside the approved limit, the one-seventh-of-the-night rule sets the published time: Fajr is not placed earlier than the start of the last seventh of the night, and Isha not later than the end of the first seventh. In Manchester this limit shapes Fajr and Isha on most days from March into October, and is not needed from November to January. The page notes each date where it has been applied and shows the angle-based time beside it where one exists.
Before you rely on these times
The methodology page explains the angles used, the two small margins added to Dhuhr and Maghrib, the high-latitude rule, and how results are checked against independent references.
For congregational prayer, follow your local mosque. Mosque timetables may use different angles, margins or Asr conventions, so jama'ah times — and Fajr and Isha in particular — can differ from the calculated times here. If a time on this page looks wrong, please let us know.
How these times are produced
- Calculated for Manchester's own coordinates, not estimated from a nearby town.
- Both Asr times are always shown. Neither is presented as the correct one.
- Times are rounded to the nearest minute, once, when displayed.