Prayer Times Koreatown, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Koreatown Change Through the Year

The sun runs Koreatown's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 10 Jun 2026, at 4:17 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:04 AM: a swing of 1 hour 47 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 A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer.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 Koreatown sits at 34.1 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Koreatown is 4:44 PM on 27 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:09 PM on 25 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 25 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:08 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 Koreatown runs 15 hours 50 minutes on 16 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:17 AM to Maghrib at 8:07 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 7 minutes on 20 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:37 AM in one part of the year to 1:04 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 143 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Koreatown

The Koreatown timetable on this page is calculated with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the convention followed by most mosques in the United States. It sets Fajr and Isha by a 15-degree depression angle of the sun, and Asr by the standard shadow rule; the Hanafi Asr is one tap away in the method selector. Each prayer is tied to a position of the sun, never to a fixed clock time. Today, 03 Nov 2026, is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448.

Fajr (5:04 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Koreatown that is 5:04 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:15 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Koreatown, dawn moves between 4:17 AM and 6:04 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:37 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Koreatown 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 11:37 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:37 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Koreatown today that is 2:37 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)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:58 PM in Koreatown. On a fasting day this moment is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast right away, with dates or water, and then pray Maghrib.

Isha (6:09 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:09 PM tonight in Koreatown. Islamic midnight is the midpoint between Maghrib and the next Fajr, and the last third of the night after it is the time of Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Use our Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third for Koreatown.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Koreatown, California

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Koreatown. The verified list below covers 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Koreatown, with addresses, headed by Islamic Center of Southern California at 434 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020. Islamic Center of Southern California publishes a Jummah time of 1:00 PM; Los Angeles Islamic Center publishes a Jummah time of 1:15 PM (second Jummah 2:00 PM). Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

Most mosques in Koreatown also hold the five daily prayers in congregation, Quran classes for children, and taraweeh through Ramadan. If your mosque in Koreatown is missing from the list, contact us and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Koreatown (23.79° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Koreatown the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 23.79° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Koreatown's coordinates (34.1° N, 118.3° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8343 miles (13426 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Koreatown, 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 Koreatown, 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

Koreatown moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:06 AM to 6:04 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:55 PM to 6:56 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:02 AM to 5:03 AM. Mosques in Koreatown 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 Koreatown

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.