Prayer Times Little Rock, AR Today

How Prayer Times in Little Rock Change Through the Year

The sun runs Little Rock's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 09 Jun 2026, at 4:30 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:20 AM: a swing of 1 hour 50 minutes between the two. A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Little Rock sits at 34.7 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Little Rock is earliest on 29 Nov 2026 at 4:58 PM and latest on 21 Jun 2026 at 8:26 PM, a shift of 3 hours 28 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:26 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:02 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 Little Rock runs 15 hours 55 minutes, on 17 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:30 AM to a Maghrib of 8:25 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 5 minutes on 16 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 11:53 AM and 1:20 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Little Rock

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

Fajr (5:21 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Little Rock it begins at 5:21 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:32 AM). Across the year, Little Rock's dawn moves from 4:30 AM at the earliest to 6:20 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:53 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Little Rock that works out to 11:53 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Little Rock keeps America/Chicago time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:52 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: 2:52 PM in Little Rock 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 (5:13 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 5:13 PM today in Little Rock. It is also the iftar moment on fasting days, and the Sunnah is to break the fast promptly with dates or water, then pray.

Isha (6:24 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:24 PM tonight in Little Rock. Halfway between Maghrib and the next Fajr falls Islamic midnight, and the last third of the night after it is set aside for Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Tonight's last third for Little Rock is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Little Rock, Arkansas

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Little Rock. The verified list below covers 3 mosques and Islamic centers in Little Rock, with addresses, headed by Islamic Center for Human Excellence at 1717 Wright Ave, Little Rock, AR 72202. Islamic Center of Little Rock publishes a Jummah time of Jumu'ah A: 1:10 pm. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Little Rock mosque that is not listed? Send us its details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Little Rock (46.47° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Little Rock that means facing 46.47° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Little Rock's position (34.7° N, 92.3° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7445 miles (11981 km) from Little Rock 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 Little Rock, 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 Arkansas: The Two Jump Days

Little Rock moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:21 AM to 6:20 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:10 PM to 7:11 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:18 AM to 5:19 AM. Mosques in Little Rock reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Chicago time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Little Rock

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.