Prayer Times Huntsville, AL Today

How Prayer Times in Huntsville Change Through the Year

No two days in Huntsville start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 11 Jun 2026 at 4:07 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 5:57 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 50 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Huntsville sits at 34.7 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Huntsville is earliest on 30 Nov 2026 at 4:35 PM and latest on 26 Jun 2026 at 8:04 PM, a shift of 3 hours 29 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:03 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:39 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 Huntsville runs 15 hours 55 minutes, on 16 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:07 AM to a Maghrib of 8:02 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 4 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 129 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:30 AM and 12:57 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Huntsville

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 Huntsville 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 Huntsville is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (4:58 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Huntsville that is 4:58 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:09 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Huntsville, dawn moves between 4:07 AM and 5:57 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:30 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Huntsville is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Chicago zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:30 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:29 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: 2:29 PM in Huntsville 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 (4:50 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:50 PM today in Huntsville. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:01 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:01 PM tonight in Huntsville. The middle of the Islamic night falls halfway between Maghrib and tomorrow's Fajr, and the last third of the night after that midpoint is the Tahajjud time. Find tonight's exact last third with our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Huntsville, Alabama

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Huntsville. The mosque listed below serves Huntsville with its address, including Huntsville Islamic Center at 1645 Sparkman Dr NW, Huntsville, AL 35816. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:30 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Most mosques in Huntsville also hold the five daily prayers in congregation, Quran classes for children, and taraweeh through Ramadan. If your mosque in Huntsville is missing from the list, contact us and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Huntsville (50.62° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Huntsville the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 50.62° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Huntsville's coordinates (34.7° N, 86.6° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7202 miles (11591 km) from Huntsville in a straight line over the Earth's curved surface. 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 Huntsville, 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 Alabama: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Huntsville, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 4:59 AM to 5:57 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:47 PM to 6:48 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 5:56 AM back to 4:56 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Chicago clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Huntsville

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.