Prayer Times Northridge, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Northridge Change Through the Year

The sun runs Northridge's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 11 Jun 2026, at 4:17 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:05 AM: a swing of 1 hour 48 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 A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer.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 Northridge sits at 34.2 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Northridge is earliest on 30 Nov 2026 at 4:44 PM and latest on 23 Jun 2026 at 8:10 PM, a shift of 3 hours 26 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:09 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:48 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 Northridge runs 15 hours 52 minutes, on 18 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:17 AM to a Maghrib of 8:09 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 6 minutes on 21 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 134 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:38 AM and 1:05 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Northridge

Each prayer begins at a defined position of the sun, not at a fixed clock time. PrayerTimesUSA calculates the Northridge 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 Northridge is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:06 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Northridge today that is 5:06 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:16 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Northridge ranges across the year from 4:17 AM at its earliest to 6:05 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:38 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Northridge 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 11:38 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 Northridge 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 (4:59 PM today)

At 4:59 PM today in Northridge, 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 (6:09 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:09 PM tonight in Northridge. 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 Northridge, California

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Northridge. The mosque listed below serves Northridge with its address, including Islamic Center Northridge at 8424 Tampa Ave, Northridge, CA 91324. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:38 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Northridge (23.52° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Northridge the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 23.52° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Northridge's coordinates (34.2° N, 118.5° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8337 miles (13417 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Northridge, 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 Northridge, 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

Northridge moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:07 AM to 6:05 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:56 PM to 6:56 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:03 AM to 5:04 AM. Mosques in Northridge 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 Northridge

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.