Prayer Times Huntington Beach, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Huntington Beach Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Huntington Beach are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Huntington Beach falls on 07 Jun 2026 at 4:18 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:03 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 45 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Huntington Beach sits at 33.7 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Huntington Beach is 4:43 PM on 01 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:06 PM on 21 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 23 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:06 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:48 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 Huntington Beach runs 15 hours 48 minutes on 21 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:18 AM to Maghrib at 8:06 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 9 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:36 AM in one part of the year to 1:03 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 155 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Huntington Beach

Each prayer begins at a defined position of the sun, not at a fixed clock time. PrayerTimesUSA calculates the Huntington Beach timetable with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the standard used by most mosques in the United States: Fajr and Isha at a sun angle of 15 degrees, Asr by the standard shadow rule, with the Hanafi Asr shown through the method selector. Today's Hijri date in Huntington Beach is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:03 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Huntington Beach today that is 5:03 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:13 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Huntington Beach ranges across the year from 4:18 AM at its earliest to 6:03 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:36 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Huntington Beach is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Los_Angeles zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:36 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:36 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Huntington Beach today that is 2:36 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 (4:58 PM today)

At 4:58 PM today in Huntington Beach, 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 (6:08 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:08 PM tonight in Huntington Beach. 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 Huntington Beach.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Huntington Beach, California

Jummah, the Friday prayer, replaces Dhuhr (today at 11:36 AM in Huntington Beach) every week, and each mosque fixes its own khutbah time within that window. We have not yet verified a mosque listing for Huntington Beach. If you pray at one here, share its name, address and Jummah time and we will publish it for the community.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Huntington Beach (24.20° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Huntington Beach the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 24.20° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Huntington Beach's coordinates (33.7° N, 118.0° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8361 miles (13455 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Huntington Beach, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in Huntington Beach, 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 California: The Two Jump Days

Huntington Beach moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:05 AM to 6:03 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:54 PM to 6:54 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:01 AM to 5:01 AM. Mosques in Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach

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.