Prayer Times Pasadena, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Pasadena Change Through the Year

No two days in Pasadena start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 10 Jun 2026 at 4:16 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:04 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 48 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Pasadena 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 Pasadena is 4:43 PM on 28 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:08 PM on 21 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 4:47 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 Pasadena runs 15 hours 51 minutes on 17 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:16 AM to Maghrib at 8:07 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 7 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:36 AM in one part of the year to 1:03 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 136 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Pasadena

Why do the times on this page move a little every day? Because each of the five prayers begins at a set position of the sun. PrayerTimesUSA works out the Pasadena schedule with the ISNA method used across most of North America: Fajr and Isha at 15 degrees of sun depression, Asr by the standard shadow rule, with the Hanafi Asr in the method selector above. The Hijri date today in Pasadena is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:04 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Pasadena it begins at 5:04 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:14 AM). Across the year, Pasadena's dawn moves from 4:16 AM at the earliest to 6:04 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:36 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 Pasadena sits within the America/Los_Angeles zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Pasadena is 11:36 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:36 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 2:36 PM in Pasadena 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 (4:58 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:58 PM today in Pasadena. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:08 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:08 PM tonight in Pasadena. 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 Pasadena, California

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Pasadena. The mosque listed below serves Pasadena with its address, including Masjid Al-Taqwa at 573 N Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:36 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 Pasadena mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Pasadena (23.93° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Pasadena the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 23.93° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Pasadena's coordinates (34.1° N, 118.1° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8333 miles (13411 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Pasadena, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in Pasadena, 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

Pasadena moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:05 AM to 6:04 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:54 PM to 6:55 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:01 AM to 5:02 AM. Mosques in Pasadena 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 Pasadena

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.