Prayer Times Atlanta, GA Today

How Prayer Times in Atlanta Change Through the Year

The sun runs Atlanta's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 09 Jun 2026, at 5:03 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:49 AM: a swing of 1 hour 46 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 A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer.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 Atlanta sits at 33.7 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Atlanta is earliest on 28 Nov 2026 at 5:29 PM and latest on 22 Jun 2026 at 8:52 PM, a shift of 3 hours 23 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:51 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:33 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 Atlanta runs 15 hours 48 minutes, on 18 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 5:03 AM to a Maghrib of 8:51 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 9 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 155 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:21 PM and 1:48 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Atlanta

Prayer times follow the sun, so they shift a little every day. For Atlanta, this page uses the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the one most US mosques follow: a 15-degree sun angle for Fajr and Isha, the standard shadow rule for Asr, and the Hanafi Asr available in the method selector. Today, 03 Nov 2026, is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 on the Hijri calendar.

Fajr (5:49 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Atlanta today that moment is 5:49 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:59 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Atlanta swings between 5:03 AM and 6:49 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (12:21 PM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Atlanta that works out to 12:21 PM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Atlanta keeps America/New_York time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:22 PM today)

The standard Asr rule (followed by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools) starts Asr when a shadow grows as long as the object itself, past the noon shadow: 3:22 PM in Atlanta today. The Hanafi school uses twice the length, putting Asr roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; switch the method at the top of the page to see it. Pray Asr before the sunlight yellows late in the day.

Maghrib (5:43 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 5:43 PM today in Atlanta. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:53 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:53 PM tonight in Atlanta. 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 Atlanta, Georgia

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Atlanta. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Atlanta are listed below with their addresses, including Al-Farooq Masjid at 442 14th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318. Al-Farooq Masjid publishes a Jummah time of 1st Jummah 2:00 PM, 2nd Jummah 2:55 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Atlanta (52.32° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Atlanta the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 52.32° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Atlanta's coordinates (33.7° N, 84.4° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7146 miles (11501 km) from Atlanta 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 Atlanta, 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 Georgia: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Atlanta, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:50 AM to 6:49 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:39 PM to 7:40 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:46 AM back to 5:47 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/New_York clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Atlanta

The day in Atlanta runs from Fajr at 5:49 AM to Isha at 6:53 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.