Prayer Times Portland, ME Today

How Prayer Times in Portland Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Portland are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Portland falls on 12 Jun 2026 at 3:09 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 5:55 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 Portland sits at 43.7 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Portland is earliest on 04 Dec 2026 at 4:04 PM and latest on 23 Jun 2026 at 8:27 PM, a shift of 4 hours 23 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:26 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:07 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 Portland runs 17 hours 17 minutes on 19 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:09 AM to Maghrib at 8:26 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 23 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:25 AM in one part of the year to 12:52 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 Portland in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Portland

The Portland 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 (4:59 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Portland it begins at 4:59 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:19 AM). Across the year, Portland's dawn moves from 3:09 AM at the earliest to 5:55 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:25 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Portland that works out to 11:25 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Portland keeps America/New_York time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:06 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Portland today that is 2:06 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 (4:29 PM today)

At 4:29 PM today in Portland, 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 (5:50 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 5:50 PM tonight in Portland. 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 Portland, Maine

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Portland. The verified list below covers 3 mosques and Islamic centers in Portland, with addresses, headed by Bilal Mosque at 118 Anderson St, Portland, ME 04101. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:25 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 Portland mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Portland (60.99° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Portland that means facing 60.99° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Portland's position (43.7° N, 70.3° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6136 miles (9875 km), that puts Portland among the closer American places to Mecca. 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 Portland, 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 Maine: The Two Jump Days

Portland moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 4:49 AM to 5:47 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:37 PM to 6:39 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 5:55 AM to 4:56 AM. Mosques in Portland reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/New_York time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Portland

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.