Prayer Times Billings, MT Today

How Prayer Times in Billings Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Billings are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Billings falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 3:23 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:29 AM. That is a difference of 3 hours 6 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Billings sits at 45.7 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 Billings is 4:29 PM on 08 Dec 2026; the latest is 9:08 PM on 21 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 39 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 9:08 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:32 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 Billings runs 17 hours 45 minutes on 21 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:23 AM to Maghrib at 9:08 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 11 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:58 AM in one part of the year to 1:25 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that is one of the ten longest fasting days in the United States: only 7 places fast longer at midsummer.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 20 Jun 2026 at 11:09 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Billings 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 Billings

Prayer times follow the sun, so they shift a little every day. For Billings, this page uses the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the one most US mosques follow: a 15-degree sun angle for Fajr and Isha, the standard shadow rule for Asr, and the Hanafi Asr available in the method selector. Today, 03 Nov 2026, is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 on the Hijri calendar.

Fajr (5:33 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Billings today that is 5:33 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:57 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Billings ranges across the year from 3:23 AM at its earliest to 6:29 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:58 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Billings is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Denver zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:58 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:34 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: 2:34 PM in Billings 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 (4:57 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:57 PM today in Billings. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

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

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:21 PM tonight in Billings. 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 Billings.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Billings, Montana

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Billings. The mosque listed below serves Billings with its address, including Billings Islamic Center at 630 Logan Ln, Billings, MT 59105. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:58 AM), 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 Billings 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 Billings (30.70° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Billings that means facing 30.70° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Billings's position (45.7° N, 108.5° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7389 miles (11892 km) from Billings 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 Billings, 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 Montana: The Two Jump Days

Billings moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:20 AM to 6:18 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:09 PM to 7:11 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:29 AM to 5:31 AM. Mosques in Billings reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Denver time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Billings

The day in Billings runs from Fajr at 5:33 AM to Isha at 6:21 PM; fill the spaces between with the authentic adhkar: dua after adhan, dua after wudu, the 33-times tasbih after prayer, and duas for hardship and gratitude, all in our dua library with Arabic text, transliteration and translation.