Prayer Times Wilmington, DE Today

How Prayer Times in Wilmington Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Wilmington are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Wilmington falls on 11 Jun 2026 at 3:57 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:14 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 17 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Wilmington sits at 39.7 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 Wilmington is earliest on 07 Dec 2026 at 4:37 PM and latest on 21 Jun 2026 at 8:34 PM, a shift of 3 hours 57 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:34 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:41 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 Wilmington runs 16 hours 37 minutes, on 21 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:57 AM to a Maghrib of 8:34 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 42 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 75 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:46 AM and 1:13 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Wilmington

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

Fajr (5:17 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Wilmington that is 5:17 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:33 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Wilmington, dawn moves between 3:57 AM and 6:14 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:46 AM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Wilmington sits inside the America/New_York zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 11:46 AM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces 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 Wilmington 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 enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 4:58 PM today in Wilmington. 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 (6:14 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:14 PM tonight in Wilmington. 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 Wilmington.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Wilmington, Delaware

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Wilmington. The verified mosque below serves Wilmington, with its address, headed by Masjid Al-Kauthar at 2102 Northeast Blvd, Wilmington, DE 19802. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:46 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Most mosques in Wilmington also hold the five daily prayers in congregation, Quran classes for children, and taraweeh through Ramadan. If your mosque in Wilmington is missing from the list, contact us and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Wilmington (57.47° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Wilmington the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 57.47° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Wilmington's coordinates (39.7° N, 75.6° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6511 miles (10478 km), that puts Wilmington among the closer American places to Mecca. 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 Wilmington, 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 Delaware: The Two Jump Days

Wilmington moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:12 AM to 6:11 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:01 PM to 7:02 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:14 AM to 5:15 AM. Mosques in Wilmington reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/New_York time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Wilmington

Complete the prayers with the authentic supplications: the dua after adhan, dua after wudu, the 33-times tasbih after each prayer, and duas for hardship and gratitude. Read them in our dua library with Arabic text, transliteration and translation.