Prayer Times Montgomery, AL Today

How Prayer Times in Montgomery Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Montgomery are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Montgomery falls on 10 Jun 2026 at 4:16 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 5:57 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 41 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Montgomery sits at 32.4 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Montgomery is 4:40 PM on 26 Nov 2026; the latest is 7:56 PM on 22 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 16 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 7:55 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:44 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 Montgomery runs 15 hours 39 minutes on 18 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:16 AM to Maghrib at 7:55 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 14 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:29 AM in one part of the year to 12:56 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 190 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Montgomery

The Montgomery 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 (4:55 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Montgomery it begins at 4:55 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:04 AM). Across the year, Montgomery's dawn moves from 4:16 AM at the earliest to 5:57 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:29 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 Montgomery sits within the America/Chicago zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Montgomery is 11:29 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:31 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 2:31 PM in Montgomery 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 (4:53 PM today)

At 4:53 PM today in Montgomery, the sun sets and Maghrib begins. Its window is the shortest of the day, so it is prayed promptly. On fasting days this same moment is iftar: break the fast first, following the Sunnah, with dates or water.

Isha (6:02 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:02 PM tonight in Montgomery. The night that follows is measured from Maghrib to Fajr; its last third, after Islamic midnight, is the Tahajjud time. Use the Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third in Montgomery.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Montgomery, Alabama

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Montgomery. 3 mosques and Islamic centers in Montgomery are listed below with their addresses, including East Montgomery Islamic Center at 8786 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL 36117. East Montgomery Islamic Center publishes a Jummah time of First Jumu'ah 01:00, Second Jumu'ah 02:10; Masjid Qasim Bilal El-Amin publishes a Jummah time of Jummah prayers are every Friday and begin at 12:45 pm. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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 Montgomery (51.30° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Montgomery that means facing 51.30° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Montgomery's position (32.4° N, 86.3° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7292 miles (11736 km) from Montgomery 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 Montgomery, 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 Montgomery, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 4:58 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 5:53 AM back to 4:54 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 Montgomery

The day in Montgomery runs from Fajr at 4:55 AM to Isha at 6:02 PM; fill the spaces between with the authentic adhkar: dua after adhan, dua after wudu, the 33-times tasbih after prayer, and duas for hardship and gratitude, all in our dua library with Arabic text, transliteration and translation.