Prayer Times Baton Rouge, LA Today

How Prayer Times in Baton Rouge Change Through the Year

The sun runs Baton Rouge's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 11 Jun 2026, at 4:43 AM, and its latest on 08 Mar 2026, at 6:17 AM: a swing of 1 hour 34 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 A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer.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 Baton Rouge sits at 30.5 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Baton Rouge is 5:03 PM on 02 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:11 PM on 24 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 8 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:10 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:08 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 Baton Rouge runs 15 hours 26 minutes, on 16 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:43 AM to a Maghrib of 8:09 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 22 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 197 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:48 AM and 1:15 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Baton Rouge

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

Fajr (5:13 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Baton Rouge today that moment is 5:13 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:21 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Baton Rouge swings between 4:43 AM and 6:17 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (11:48 AM 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 Baton Rouge sits within the America/Chicago zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Baton Rouge is 11:48 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:54 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 2:54 PM in Baton Rouge 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 (5:15 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 5:15 PM in Baton Rouge. 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 (6:23 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:23 PM tonight in Baton Rouge. 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 Baton Rouge.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Baton Rouge. The verified list below covers 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Baton Rouge, with addresses, headed by Masjid Al-Rahman (Islamic Center of Baton Rouge) at 285 E Airport Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:48 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

These mosques also run weekend schools, community iftars in Ramadan and the five daily prayers in congregation. If a Baton Rouge mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Baton Rouge (48.36° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Baton Rouge the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 48.36° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Baton Rouge's coordinates (30.5° N, 91.2° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7598 miles (12228 km) from Baton Rouge 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.

To face the qibla at home or at work in Baton Rouge, 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 Louisiana: The Two Jump Days

Baton Rouge moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:18 AM to 6:17 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:08 PM to 7:08 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:11 AM to 5:12 AM. Mosques in Baton Rouge reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Chicago time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Baton Rouge

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.