Prayer Times Oxnard, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Oxnard Change Through the Year

The sun runs Oxnard's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 09 Jun 2026, at 4:20 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:08 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 A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer.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 Oxnard sits at 34.2 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Oxnard is 4:47 PM on 28 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:13 PM on 27 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 26 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:12 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:51 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 Oxnard runs 15 hours 52 minutes on 20 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:20 AM to Maghrib at 8:12 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 7 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:40 AM in one part of the year to 1:07 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 134 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Oxnard

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

Fajr (5:08 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Oxnard today that moment is 5:08 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:19 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Oxnard swings between 4:20 AM and 6:08 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (11:40 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 Oxnard sits within the America/Los_Angeles zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Oxnard is 11:40 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:40 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 2:40 PM in Oxnard 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 (5:02 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 5:02 PM today in Oxnard. It is also the iftar moment on fasting days, and the Sunnah is to break the fast promptly with dates or water, then pray.

Isha (6:12 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:12 PM tonight in Oxnard. 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 Oxnard.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Oxnard, California

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Oxnard. The verified mosque below serves Oxnard, with its address, headed by Islamic Center of Ventura County at 271 Riverpark Blvd, Oxnard, CA 93036. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:40 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 Oxnard mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Oxnard (22.88° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Oxnard that means facing 22.88° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Oxnard's position (34.2° N, 119.2° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8354 miles (13444 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Oxnard, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in Oxnard, 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 Oxnard, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:09 AM to 6:08 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:58 PM to 6:59 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:06 AM back to 5:06 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 Oxnard

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.