Prayer Times Irvine, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Irvine Change Through the Year

The sun runs Irvine's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 08 Jun 2026, at 4:17 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:03 AM: a swing of 1 hour 46 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 A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer.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 Irvine 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 Irvine is 4:43 PM on 27 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:06 PM on 25 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 23 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:05 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:47 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 Irvine runs 15 hours 48 minutes on 19 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:17 AM to Maghrib at 8:05 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 9 minutes on 15 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:35 AM in one part of the year to 1:02 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 Irvine

Prayer times follow the sun, so they shift a little every day. For Irvine, 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 (5:02 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Irvine today that moment is 5:02 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:12 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Irvine 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)

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 Irvine sits within the America/Los_Angeles zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Irvine is 11:35 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:35 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 2:35 PM in Irvine 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 (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 Irvine. 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

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:07 PM tonight in Irvine. 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 Irvine, California

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Irvine. The mosque listed below serves Irvine with its address, including Islamic Center of Irvine. 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.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Irvine (24.37° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Irvine the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 24.37° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Irvine's coordinates (33.7° N, 117.8° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8355 miles (13446 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Irvine, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in Irvine, 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

Irvine 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 Irvine 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 Irvine

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.