Prayer Times Tempe, AZ Today

How Prayer Times in Tempe Change Through the Year

No two days in Tempe start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 12 Jun 2026 at 3:54 AM, while the latest falls on 03 Jan 2026 at 6:19 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours 25 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is wide because Tempe sits at 33.4 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 Tempe is earliest on 27 Nov 2026 at 5:20 PM and latest on 27 Jun 2026 at 7:42 PM, a shift of 2 hours 22 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 7:41 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:24 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 Tempe runs 15 hours 46 minutes on 17 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:54 AM to Maghrib at 7:40 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 10 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:11 PM in one part of the year to 12:42 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 165 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Tempe

The Tempe 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 (5:39 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Tempe that is 5:39 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:48 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Tempe, dawn moves between 3:54 AM and 6:19 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (12:11 PM today)

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

Asr (3:12 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Tempe today that is 3:12 PM by the standard (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) rule. The Hanafi school waits for double the height, around 45 to 65 minutes later; the method selector above shows that time. Pray it before the sun weakens and yellows near the horizon.

Maghrib (5:34 PM today)

At 5:34 PM today in Tempe, 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 (6:44 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:44 PM tonight in Tempe. 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 Tempe.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Tempe, Arizona

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Tempe. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Tempe are listed below with their addresses, including Islamic Community Center of Tempe at 131 E 6th St, Tempe, AZ 85281. Islamic Community Center of Tempe publishes a Jummah time of Jumu'ah 12:30 PM, 1:30 PM, 2:40 PM; Masjid Omar Ibn Al-Khattab publishes a Jummah time of Speech/Khutbah: 12:30 PM, Iqama: 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 Tempe (30.20° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Tempe that means facing 30.20° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Tempe's position (33.4° N, 111.9° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8215 miles (13221 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 Tempe, 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

There are no clock changes to plan around in Arizona. Tempe stays on America/Phoenix all year, so prayer times slide only with the sun, a minute or two a day, never an hour overnight. The one trap is travel: cross into a daylight-saving state and your phone clock will jump even though Tempe's timetable has not.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Tempe

The day in Tempe runs from Fajr at 5:39 AM to Isha at 6:44 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.