Prayer Times Lincoln, NE Today

How Prayer Times in Lincoln Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Lincoln are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Lincoln falls on 12 Jun 2026 at 4:15 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:40 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 25 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Lincoln sits at 40.8 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 Lincoln is earliest on 02 Dec 2026 at 4:59 PM and latest on 20 Jun 2026 at 9:02 PM, a shift of 4 hours 3 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 9:02 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:02 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 Lincoln runs 16 hours 47 minutes on 20 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:15 AM to Maghrib at 9:02 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 37 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:10 PM in one part of the year to 1:38 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 53 have a longer longest fast, which puts Lincoln in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 19 Jun 2026 at 10:42 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Lincoln 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 Lincoln

The Lincoln 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 (5:43 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Lincoln it begins at 5:43 AM and must be finished by sunrise (7:00 AM). Across the year, Lincoln's dawn moves from 4:15 AM at the earliest to 6:40 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (12:10 PM 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 Lincoln sits within the America/Chicago zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Lincoln is 12:10 PM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:58 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 2:58 PM in Lincoln 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 (5:20 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 5:20 PM today in Lincoln. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:38 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:38 PM tonight in Lincoln. 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 Lincoln.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Lincoln, Nebraska

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Lincoln. The verified mosque below serves Lincoln, with its address, headed by Islamic Foundation of Lincoln. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:10 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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 Lincoln (41.73° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Lincoln the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 41.73° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Lincoln's coordinates (40.8° N, 96.7° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7311 miles (11766 km) from Lincoln 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 Lincoln, 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 Nebraska: The Two Jump Days

Lincoln moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:36 AM to 6:35 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:25 PM to 7:26 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:40 AM to 5:41 AM. Mosques in Lincoln reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Chicago time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Lincoln

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.