PrayerTimes is an app to view Islamic prayer times.
Islamic prayer times are based off of solar positions. There are different opinions on each of these, however the general descriptions are as follows:
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Fajr: dawn, begins when the light of the sun begins to become visible in the sky
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Sunrise: end of Fajr time, when the sun crosses the horizon (from being below the horizon, to above)
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Dhuhr: solar noon, i.e. solar zenith
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Asr: begins when the length of an object's shadow is some particular factor (usually 1) of the object's length
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Maghrib: sunset, when the sun crosses the horizon (from being above the horizon, to below)
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Isha: dusk, begins when there is no longer light from the sun in the sky
All calculations are performed on-device. The only internet access used is for reverse-geocoding (convert latitude and longitude to a city name).
PrayerTimes supports the following preferences:
- If location services are not enabled, select a location
- Show or hide sunrise and Qiyam times
- Calculation method
- Fajr angle
- Isha angle
- Asr factor
- Notifications
- Start of time
- 30 minutes before time
On iPhone and iPad, view prayer times for any day, with pages dedicated to today and tomorrow. Visualize the qibla direction with a map overlaid with the shortest line connecting your location to the Kaaba. On supported devices, find the qibla direction using the compass.
On Apple Watch, view a rolling set of prayer times, beginning with the current prayer. On supported devices, find the qibla direction using the compass.
See Screenshots for more devices.