Prayer Times Evansville, IN Today

How Prayer Times in Evansville Change Through the Year

No two days in Evansville start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 11 Jun 2026 at 3:55 AM, while the latest falls on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:01 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours 6 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 Evansville sits at 38.0 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Evansville is 4:31 PM on 29 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:17 PM on 23 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 46 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:16 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:34 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 Evansville runs 16 hours 21 minutes, on 19 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:55 AM to a Maghrib of 8:16 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 50 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 92 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:34 AM and 1:01 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Evansville

The Evansville 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 (5:04 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Evansville that is 5:04 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:18 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Evansville, dawn moves between 3:55 AM and 6:01 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:34 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Evansville is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Chicago zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:34 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:27 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Evansville today that is 2:27 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 (4:49 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:49 PM in Evansville. On a fasting day this moment is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast right away, with dates or water, and then pray Maghrib.

Isha (6:03 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:03 PM tonight in Evansville. 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 Evansville.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Evansville, Indiana

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Evansville. The mosque listed below serves Evansville with its address, including Islamic Center of Evansville at 4200 Grimm Rd, Newburgh, IN 47630. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:34 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Evansville (49.31° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Evansville the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 49.31° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Evansville's coordinates (38.0° N, 87.6° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7100 miles (11427 km) from Evansville 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 Evansville, 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 Indiana: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Evansville, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:01 AM to 6:00 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:50 PM to 6:51 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:01 AM back to 5:02 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Chicago clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Evansville

Pair the prayers with the recorded supplications: the dua after the adhan, the dua after wudu, tasbih of 33 after every prayer, and duas for relief and gratitude. The full set, with Arabic, transliteration and translation, is in our dua library.