Prayer Times Anaheim, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Anaheim Change Through the Year

No two days in Anaheim start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 07 Jun 2026 at 4:17 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:03 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 46 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Anaheim sits at 33.8 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Anaheim is 4:43 PM on 27 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:07 PM on 27 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 24 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:06 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:47 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 Anaheim runs 15 hours 49 minutes, on 20 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:17 AM to a Maghrib of 8:06 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 9 minutes on 14 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 150 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:35 AM and 1:02 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Anaheim

Prayer times follow the sun, so they shift a little every day. For Anaheim, this page uses the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the one most US mosques follow: a 15-degree sun angle for Fajr and Isha, the standard shadow rule for Asr, and the Hanafi Asr available in the method selector. Today, 03 Nov 2026, is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 on the Hijri calendar.

Fajr (5:03 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Anaheim today that moment is 5:03 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:13 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Anaheim swings between 4:17 AM and 6:03 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (11:35 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Anaheim that works out to 11:35 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Anaheim keeps America/Los_Angeles time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:36 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: 2:36 PM in Anaheim 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 (4:57 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:57 PM today in Anaheim. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:07 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:07 PM tonight in Anaheim. 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 Anaheim.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Anaheim, California

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Anaheim. The mosque listed below serves Anaheim with its address, including Islamic Center of Anaheim. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:35 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Anaheim 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 Anaheim (24.24° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Anaheim the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 24.24° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Anaheim's coordinates (33.8° N, 117.9° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8347 miles (13434 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Anaheim, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

To face the qibla at home or at work in Anaheim, 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.

Daylight Saving Time in California: The Two Jump Days

Anaheim moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:04 AM to 6:03 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:53 PM to 6:54 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:00 AM to 5:01 AM. Mosques in Anaheim reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Los_Angeles time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Anaheim

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.