Prayer Times Minneapolis, MN Today

How Prayer Times in Minneapolis Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Minneapolis are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Minneapolis falls on 16 Jun 2026 at 3:29 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:28 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 59 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Minneapolis sits at 45.0 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 Minneapolis is earliest on 08 Dec 2026 at 4:31 PM and latest on 22 Jun 2026 at 9:04 PM, a shift of 4 hours 33 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 9:03 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:34 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 Minneapolis runs 17 hours 34 minutes on 18 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:29 AM to Maghrib at 9:03 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 15 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:57 AM in one part of the year to 1:24 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 10 have a longer longest fast, which puts Minneapolis in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 19 Jun 2026 at 11:00 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis

The Minneapolis 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 (5:32 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Minneapolis that is 5:32 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:54 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Minneapolis, dawn moves between 3:29 AM and 6:28 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:57 AM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Minneapolis sits inside the America/Chicago zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 11:57 AM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:35 PM today)

Asr begins when an object's shadow equals its height beyond the noon shadow. That standard rule (Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali) gives 2:35 PM in Minneapolis today. The Hanafi rule waits until the shadow is twice the height, which falls roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; use the calculation method selector at the top of this page to view Hanafi Asr. Finish Asr before the sun turns yellow and weak near the horizon.

Maghrib (4:58 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 4:58 PM today in Minneapolis. It is also the iftar moment on fasting days, and the Sunnah is to break the fast promptly with dates or water, then pray.

Isha (6:21 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:21 PM tonight in Minneapolis. Halfway between Maghrib and the next Fajr falls Islamic midnight, and the last third of the night after it is set aside for Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Tonight's last third for Minneapolis is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Minneapolis. 3 mosques and Islamic centers in Minneapolis are listed below with their addresses, including Masjid An-Nur at 1729 N Lyndale Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411. Masjid An-Nur publishes a Jummah time of 1:30 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

Beyond Friday, expect daily congregational prayers, children's Quran classes and taraweeh in Ramadan at these centers. Mosque not listed? Send us the details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Minneapolis (43.84° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Minneapolis that means facing 43.84° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Minneapolis's position (45.0° N, 93.3° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 6982 miles (11236 km) from Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis, 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 Minnesota: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Minneapolis, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:20 AM to 6:18 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:09 PM to 7:10 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:28 AM back to 5:29 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 Minneapolis

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.