Prayer Times Boise, ID Today

How Prayer Times in Boise Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Boise are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Boise falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 4:13 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:59 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 46 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Boise sits at 43.6 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Boise is 5:08 PM on 04 Dec 2026; the latest is 9:30 PM on 20 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 22 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 9:30 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:11 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 Boise runs 17 hours 17 minutes on 20 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:13 AM to Maghrib at 9:30 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 23 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:28 PM in one part of the year to 1:55 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 15 have a longer longest fast, which puts Boise in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

At the height of summer the night almost disappears. Isha does not arrive until 11:20 PM on 19 Jun 2026, and the next Fajr follows only about 4 hours 53 minutes later. Worshippers in Boise guard their sleep through June and July, and some mosques adjust or combine the summer night prayers, so check your mosque's board in midsummer.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Boise

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

Fajr (6:03 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Boise it begins at 6:03 AM and must be finished by sunrise (7:23 AM). Across the year, Boise's dawn moves from 4:13 AM at the earliest to 6:59 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (12:28 PM today)

Dhuhr starts once the sun has crossed its peak and begun to decline. Solar noon is not the same as 12:00 on the clock, because Boise sits within the America/Boise zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Boise is 12:28 PM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (3:10 PM today)

Under the standard rule used by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools, Asr opens when a shadow stretches to the object's own length beyond the noon shadow. That gives 3:10 PM in Boise today. Hanafi Asr, at twice the length, lands roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; flip the method selector at the top of the page to see it. The time to pray Asr runs out as the light yellows toward sunset.

Maghrib (5:33 PM today)

At 5:33 PM today in Boise, 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 (6:53 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 Boise. 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 Boise, Idaho

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Boise. The mosque listed below serves Boise with its address, including Islamic Center of Boise at 3077 N Christine St, Boise, ID 83704. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:28 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Boise (23.96° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Boise the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 23.96° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Boise's coordinates (43.6° N, 116.2° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 7693 miles (12380 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Boise, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

To face the qibla at home or at work in Boise, open the Qibla Compass on your phone, calibrate it with a slow figure-eight motion, and keep it away from metal furniture and electrical equipment that pull the needle. In a mosque, the mihrab already marks the direction.

Daylight Saving Time in Idaho: The Two Jump Days

Boise moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:52 AM to 6:51 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:41 PM to 7:43 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:59 AM to 6:00 AM. Mosques in Boise reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Boise time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Boise

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.