Prayer Times Tucson, AZ Today

How Prayer Times in Tucson Change Through the Year

No two days in Tucson start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 07 Jun 2026 at 3:56 AM, while the latest falls on 06 Jan 2026 at 6:14 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours 18 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is wide because Tucson sits at 32.2 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Tucson is 5:19 PM on 26 Nov 2026; the latest is 7:35 PM on 27 Jun 2026, a shift of 2 hours 16 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 7:34 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:23 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 Tucson runs 15 hours 38 minutes on 20 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:56 AM to Maghrib at 7:34 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 15 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:07 PM in one part of the year to 12:38 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 191 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Tucson

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

Fajr (5:34 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Tucson that is 5:34 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:43 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Tucson, dawn moves between 3:56 AM and 6:14 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (12:07 PM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Tucson sits inside the America/Phoenix zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 12:07 PM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:10 PM today)

Asr begins when an object's shadow equals its height beyond the noon shadow. That standard rule (Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali) gives 3:10 PM in Tucson today. The Hanafi rule waits until the shadow is twice the height, which falls roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; use the calculation method selector at the top of this page to view Hanafi Asr. Finish Asr before the sun turns yellow and weak near the horizon.

Maghrib (5:32 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 5:32 PM today in Tucson. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:41 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:41 PM tonight in Tucson. 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 Tucson, Arizona

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Tucson. The verified mosque below serves Tucson, with its address, headed by Islamic Center of Tucson. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:07 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 Tucson mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Tucson (31.46° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Tucson that means facing 31.46° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Tucson's position (32.2° N, 111.0° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8258 miles (13290 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 Tucson, 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. Tucson 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 Tucson's timetable has not.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Tucson

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.