Prayer Times Ann Arbor, MI Today

How Prayer Times in Ann Arbor Change Through the Year

No two days in Ann Arbor start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 4:13 AM, while the latest falls on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:48 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours 35 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is wide because Ann Arbor sits at 42.3 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 Ann Arbor is 5:02 PM on 08 Dec 2026; the latest is 9:16 PM on 24 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 14 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 9:15 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:06 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 Ann Arbor runs 17 hours 2 minutes on 19 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:13 AM to Maghrib at 9:15 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 30 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:19 PM in one part of the year to 1:46 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 28 have a longer longest fast, which puts Ann Arbor in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 23 Jun 2026 at 11:01 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Ann Arbor plan sleep around this stretch, and some mosques combine or adjust summer night schedules, so check your local mosque's board in midsummer.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Ann Arbor

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

Fajr (5:52 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Ann Arbor today that moment is 5:52 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (7:11 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Ann Arbor swings between 4:13 AM and 6:48 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (12:19 PM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Ann Arbor that works out to 12:19 PM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Ann Arbor keeps America/Detroit time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:03 PM today)

The standard Asr rule (followed by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools) starts Asr when a shadow grows as long as the object itself, past the noon shadow: 3:03 PM in Ann Arbor today. The Hanafi school uses twice the length, putting Asr roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; switch the method at the top of the page to see it. Pray Asr before the sunlight yellows late in the day.

Maghrib (5:26 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 5:26 PM today in Ann Arbor. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:45 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:45 PM tonight in Ann Arbor. The night that follows is measured from Maghrib to Fajr; its last third, after Islamic midnight, is the Tahajjud time. Use the Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third in Ann Arbor.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Ann Arbor. The verified mosque below serves Ann Arbor, with its address, headed by Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor and Vicinity at 2301 Plymouth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:19 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Ann Arbor mosque that is not listed? Send us its details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Ann Arbor (51.52° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Ann Arbor the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 51.52° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Ann Arbor's coordinates (42.3° N, 83.7° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6755 miles (10871 km), that puts Ann Arbor 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 Ann Arbor, 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 Michigan: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Ann Arbor, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:44 AM to 6:42 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:32 PM to 7:33 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:48 AM back to 5:50 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Detroit clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Ann Arbor

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.