Prayer Times Newark, NJ Today

How Prayer Times in Newark Change Through the Year

No two days in Newark start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 3:45 AM, while the latest falls on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:09 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours 24 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is wide because Newark sits at 40.7 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 Newark is 4:29 PM on 03 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:32 PM on 22 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 3 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:31 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 Newark runs 16 hours 46 minutes on 18 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:45 AM to Maghrib at 8:31 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 37 minutes on 21 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:40 AM in one part of the year to 1:07 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 58 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Newark

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

Fajr (5:12 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Newark today that is 5:12 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:29 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Newark ranges across the year from 3:45 AM at its earliest to 6:09 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:40 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Newark is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/New_York zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:40 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:28 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: 2:28 PM in Newark 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 (4:50 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:50 PM today in Newark. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:08 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:08 PM tonight in Newark. 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 Newark, New Jersey

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Newark. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Newark are listed below with their addresses, including Islamic Society of Essex. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:40 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Most mosques in Newark also hold the five daily prayers in congregation, Quran classes for children, and taraweeh through Ramadan. If your mosque in Newark is missing from the list, contact us and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Newark (58.37° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Newark that means facing 58.37° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Newark's position (40.7° N, 74.2° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6411 miles (10317 km), that puts Newark 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.

To face the qibla at home or at work in Newark, 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 New Jersey: The Two Jump Days

Newark moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:06 AM to 6:05 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:55 PM to 6:56 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:09 AM to 5:10 AM. Mosques in Newark reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/New_York time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Newark

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.