Prayer Times Fort Collins, CO Today

How Prayer Times in Fort Collins Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Fort Collins are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Fort Collins falls on 11 Jun 2026 at 3:50 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:13 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 23 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Fort Collins sits at 40.6 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Fort Collins is earliest on 03 Dec 2026 at 4:33 PM and latest on 21 Jun 2026 at 8:35 PM, a shift of 4 hours 2 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:35 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:37 PM.

Anyone who keeps the voluntary fasts, on Mondays and Thursdays or the white days of each month, feels the range most. The longest fast of 2026 in Fort Collins runs 16 hours 45 minutes, on 21 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:50 AM to a Maghrib of 8:35 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 38 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 68 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:44 AM and 1:11 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Fort Collins

The Fort Collins 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 (5:16 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Fort Collins it begins at 5:16 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:33 AM). Across the year, Fort Collins's dawn moves from 3:50 AM at the earliest to 6:13 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:44 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Fort Collins that works out to 11:44 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Fort Collins keeps America/Denver time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:32 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Fort Collins today that is 2:32 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)

At 4:54 PM today in Fort Collins, the sun sets and Maghrib begins. Its window is the shortest of the day, so it is prayed promptly. On fasting days this same moment is iftar: break the fast first, following the Sunnah, with dates or water.

Isha (6:11 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:11 PM tonight in Fort Collins. The night that follows is measured from Maghrib to Fajr; its last third, after Islamic midnight, is the Tahajjud time. Use the Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third in Fort Collins.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Fort Collins, Colorado

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Fort Collins. The mosque listed below serves Fort Collins with its address, including Islamic Center of Fort Collins at 925 W Lake St, Fort Collins, CO 80521. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:44 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Fort Collins mosque that is not listed? Send us its details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Fort Collins (34.70° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Fort Collins that means facing 34.70° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Fort Collins's position (40.6° N, 105.1° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7596 miles (12224 km) from Fort Collins in a straight line over the Earth's curved surface. It surprises many people that the direction is north-east rather than south-east: from North America, the shortest line to Mecca crosses the North Atlantic, not the Pacific.

At home or at work in Fort Collins, 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 Colorado: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Fort Collins, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:10 AM to 6:08 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:59 PM to 7:00 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:13 AM back to 5:14 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Denver clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Fort Collins

The day in Fort Collins runs from Fajr at 5:16 AM to Isha at 6:11 PM; fill the spaces between with the authentic adhkar: dua after adhan, dua after wudu, the 33-times tasbih after prayer, and duas for hardship and gratitude, all in our dua library with Arabic text, transliteration and translation.