Prayer Times Fontana, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Fontana Change Through the Year

No two days in Fontana start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 4:13 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:01 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 48 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 Fontana sits at 34.1 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Fontana is earliest on 29 Nov 2026 at 4:40 PM and latest on 21 Jun 2026 at 8:05 PM, a shift of 3 hours 25 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:05 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:44 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 Fontana runs 15 hours 51 minutes, on 21 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:14 AM to a Maghrib of 8:05 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 7 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 136 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:33 AM and 1:00 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Fontana

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

Fajr (5:01 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Fontana it begins at 5:01 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:11 AM). Across the year, Fontana's dawn moves from 4:13 AM at the earliest to 6:01 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:33 AM today)

Dhuhr starts once the sun has crossed its peak and begun to decline. Solar noon is not the same as 12:00 on the clock, because Fontana sits within the America/Los_Angeles zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Fontana is 11:33 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:33 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 2:33 PM in Fontana 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 (4:55 PM today)

At 4:55 PM today in Fontana, 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 (6:05 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:05 PM tonight in Fontana. 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 Fontana, California

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Fontana. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Fontana are listed below with their addresses, including Dar Al Taqwa (Inland Valley Islamic Society) at 6556 Hemlock Ave, Fontana, CA 92336. Dar Al Taqwa (Inland Valley Islamic Society) publishes a Jummah time of Friday Jumu'ah: 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Fontana (24.66° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Fontana that means facing 24.66° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Fontana's position (34.1° N, 117.4° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8320 miles (13390 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Fontana, 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 Fontana, 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

Twice a year in Fontana, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:02 AM to 6:01 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:51 PM to 6:52 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 5:59 AM back to 4:59 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Los_Angeles clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Fontana

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.