Prayer Times Macon, GA Today

How Prayer Times in Macon Change Through the Year

No two days in Macon start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 07 Jun 2026 at 5:04 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:46 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 42 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Macon sits at 32.8 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Macon is earliest on 27 Nov 2026 at 5:28 PM and latest on 25 Jun 2026 at 8:47 PM, a shift of 3 hours 19 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:46 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:32 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 Macon runs 15 hours 42 minutes on 20 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 5:04 AM to Maghrib at 8:46 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 12 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:18 PM in one part of the year to 1:45 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 177 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Macon

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

Fajr (5:45 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Macon today that is 5:45 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:54 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Macon ranges across the year from 5:04 AM at its earliest to 6:46 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (12:18 PM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Macon sits inside the America/New_York zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 12:18 PM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:20 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 3:20 PM in Macon 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 (5:42 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 5:42 PM today in Macon. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:51 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:51 PM tonight in Macon. 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 Macon, Georgia

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Macon. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Macon are listed below with their addresses, including Islamic Center of Macon at 1655 Eisenhower Pkwy, Macon, GA 31206. Islamic Center of Macon publishes a Jummah time of Friday Prayer Khutbah Commences at 2 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Macon (53.00° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Macon that means facing 53.00° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Macon's position (32.8° N, 83.6° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7150 miles (11507 km) from Macon 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 Macon, 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 Macon, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:47 AM to 6:46 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:37 PM to 7:37 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:43 AM back to 5:43 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 Macon

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.