Prayer Times Pomona, CA Today

How Prayer Times in Pomona Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Pomona are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Pomona falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 4:15 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:02 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 47 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 Pomona 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 Pomona is 4:41 PM on 02 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:06 PM on 21 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 25 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:06 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:46 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 Pomona runs 15 hours 50 minutes on 17 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:15 AM to Maghrib at 8:05 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 7 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:35 AM in one part of the year to 1:02 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 Pomona

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

Fajr (5:02 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Pomona today that is 5:02 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:13 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Pomona ranges across the year from 4:15 AM at its earliest to 6:02 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:35 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Pomona 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 11:35 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:35 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Pomona today that is 2:35 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 (4:56 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:56 PM in Pomona. 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 (6:06 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:06 PM tonight in Pomona. Halfway between Maghrib and the next Fajr falls Islamic midnight, and the last third of the night after it is set aside for Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Tonight's last third for Pomona is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Pomona, California

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Pomona. The verified list below covers 3 mosques and Islamic centers in Pomona, with addresses, headed by Islamic Center of Claremont at 3641 N Garey Ave, Pomona, CA. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:35 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Beyond Friday, expect daily congregational prayers, children's Quran classes and taraweeh in Ramadan at these centers. Mosque not listed? Send us the details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Pomona (24.35° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Pomona that means facing 24.35° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Pomona's position (34.1° N, 117.8° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8329 miles (13405 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Pomona, 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 Pomona, 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

Pomona moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:03 AM to 6:02 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:53 PM to 6:53 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:00 AM to 5:01 AM. Mosques in Pomona 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 Pomona

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.