Prayer Times Jackson, MS Today

How Prayer Times in Jackson Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Jackson are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Jackson falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 4:32 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:13 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 41 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Jackson sits at 32.3 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Jackson is earliest on 30 Nov 2026 at 4:55 PM and latest on 27 Jun 2026 at 8:12 PM, a shift of 3 hours 17 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:11 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:00 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 Jackson runs 15 hours 38 minutes, on 17 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:32 AM to a Maghrib of 8:10 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 14 minutes on 20 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 191 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:44 AM and 1:11 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Jackson

Why do the times on this page move a little every day? Because each of the five prayers begins at a set position of the sun. PrayerTimesUSA works out the Jackson schedule with the ISNA method used across most of North America: Fajr and Isha at 15 degrees of sun depression, Asr by the standard shadow rule, with the Hanafi Asr in the method selector above. The Hijri date today in Jackson is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:11 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Jackson it begins at 5:11 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:20 AM). Across the year, Jackson's dawn moves from 4:32 AM at the earliest to 6:13 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:44 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 Jackson sits within the America/Chicago zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Jackson is 11:44 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:47 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 2:47 PM in Jackson 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 (5:09 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 5:09 PM today in Jackson. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:18 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:18 PM tonight in Jackson. 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 Jackson, Mississippi

Jummah replaces Dhuhr every Friday (today Dhuhr in Jackson is 11:44 AM), and each mosque fixes its own khutbah time inside that window. Our verified mosque list for Jackson is still being built: if you attend a mosque here, tell us its name, address and Jummah time so local worshippers can find it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Jackson (48.60° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Jackson that means facing 48.60° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Jackson's position (32.3° N, 90.2° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7469 miles (12020 km) from Jackson 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 Jackson, 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 Mississippi: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Jackson, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:14 AM to 6:13 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:03 PM to 7:04 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:08 AM back to 5:09 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 Jackson

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.