Prayer Times San Bernardino, CA Today

How Prayer Times in San Bernardino Change Through the Year

The sun runs San Bernardino's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 09 Jun 2026, at 4:13 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:00 AM: a swing of 1 hour 47 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 A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer.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 San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino is 4:39 PM on 03 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:05 PM on 25 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 26 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:04 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:44 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 San Bernardino runs 15 hours 51 minutes on 19 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:13 AM to Maghrib at 8:04 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 7 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:33 AM in one part of the year to 1:00 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 San Bernardino

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 San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:00 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in San Bernardino it begins at 5:00 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:11 AM). Across the year, San Bernardino's dawn moves from 4:13 AM at the earliest to 6:00 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:33 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In San Bernardino that works out to 11:33 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because San Bernardino keeps America/Los_Angeles time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:33 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In San Bernardino today that is 2:33 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 (4:54 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:54 PM in San Bernardino. 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 (6:05 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:05 PM tonight in San Bernardino. 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 San Bernardino is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in San Bernardino, California

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in San Bernardino. The mosque listed below serves San Bernardino with its address, including Dar Al Uloom Al-Islamiyah of America at 2034 Mallory St, San Bernardino, CA 92407. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:33 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 San Bernardino (24.80° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from San Bernardino the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 24.80° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from San Bernardino's coordinates (34.1° N, 117.3° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 8315 miles (13382 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From San Bernardino, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in San Bernardino, 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

San Bernardino moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:02 AM to 6:00 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:51 PM to 6:51 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 5:58 AM to 4:59 AM. Mosques in San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino

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.