Prayer Times Ontario, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Ontario Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Ontario are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Ontario falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 4:14 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:02 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 48 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 Ontario 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 Ontario is 4:41 PM on 29 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:06 PM on 23 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 25 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:05 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:45 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 Ontario runs 15 hours 50 minutes on 15 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:14 AM to Maghrib at 8:04 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 7 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:34 AM in one part of the year to 1:01 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 Ontario

The Ontario 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 (5:02 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Ontario that is 5:02 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:12 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Ontario, dawn moves between 4:14 AM and 6:02 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:34 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Ontario 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 11:34 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:34 PM today)

The standard Asr rule (followed by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools) starts Asr when a shadow grows as long as the object itself, past the noon shadow: 2:34 PM in Ontario today. The Hanafi school uses twice the length, putting Asr roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; switch the method at the top of the page to see it. Pray Asr before the sunlight yellows late in the day.

Maghrib (4:56 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:56 PM today in Ontario. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:06 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:06 PM tonight in Ontario. 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 Ontario, California

Jummah replaces Dhuhr every Friday (today Dhuhr in Ontario is 11:34 AM), and each mosque fixes its own khutbah time inside that window. Our verified mosque list for Ontario is still being built: if you attend a mosque here, tell us its name, address and Jummah time so local worshippers can find it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Ontario (24.45° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Ontario that means facing 24.45° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Ontario's position (34.1° N, 117.7° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8327 miles (13401 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Ontario, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in Ontario, 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

Twice a year in Ontario, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:03 AM to 6:02 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:52 PM to 6:53 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 5:59 AM back to 5:00 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 Ontario

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.