Prayer Times Peoria, AZ Today

How Prayer Times in Peoria Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Peoria are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Peoria falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 3:55 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 05 Jan 2026 at 6:21 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 26 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Peoria sits at 33.6 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Peoria is earliest on 27 Nov 2026 at 5:21 PM and latest on 22 Jun 2026 at 7:43 PM, a shift of 2 hours 22 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 7:42 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:25 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 Peoria runs 15 hours 47 minutes, on 18 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:55 AM to a Maghrib of 7:42 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 9 minutes on 20 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 160 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:13 PM and 12:43 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Peoria

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

Fajr (5:40 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Peoria that is 5:40 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:50 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Peoria, dawn moves between 3:55 AM and 6:21 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (12:13 PM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Peoria sits inside the America/Phoenix zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 12:13 PM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:13 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 3:13 PM in Peoria 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 (5:35 PM today)

At 5:35 PM today in Peoria, 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 (6:45 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:45 PM tonight in Peoria. 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 Peoria, Arizona

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Peoria. The mosque listed below serves Peoria with its address, including Islamic Center of Peoria at 23915 N Lake Pleasant Pkwy, Peoria, AZ 85383. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:13 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

These mosques also run weekend schools, community iftars in Ramadan and the five daily prayers in congregation. If a Peoria mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Peoria (29.88° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Peoria that means facing 29.88° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Peoria's position (33.6° N, 112.2° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8215 miles (13220 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. 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.

To face the qibla at home or at work in Peoria, open the Qibla Compass on your phone, calibrate it with a slow figure-eight motion, and keep it away from metal furniture and electrical equipment that pull the needle. In a mosque, the mihrab already marks the direction.

No Clock Changes in Arizona: Times Move Only With the Sun

Arizona does not move its clocks for daylight saving time, so prayer times in Peoria never jump by an hour in spring or fall. They drift only with the sun, usually by a minute or two a day. One caution: if you travel to a state that does change its clocks, or your phone picks up a tower across a state line, your device clock may shift even though the Peoria timetable has not. Every time on this page follows the America/Phoenix zone.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Peoria

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.