Prayer Times Brooklyn, NY Today

How Prayer Times in Brooklyn Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Brooklyn are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Brooklyn falls on 11 Jun 2026 at 3:45 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:09 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 24 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn is 4:28 PM on 06 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:31 PM on 21 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.

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 Brooklyn runs 16 hours 46 minutes, on 21 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:45 AM to a Maghrib of 8:31 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 37 minutes on 20 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 58 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:40 AM and 1:07 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Brooklyn

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 Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:12 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Brooklyn it begins at 5:12 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:29 AM). Across the year, Brooklyn's dawn moves from 3:45 AM at the earliest to 6:09 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:40 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Brooklyn that works out to 11:40 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Brooklyn keeps America/New_York time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:28 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Brooklyn today that is 2:28 PM by the standard (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) rule. The Hanafi school waits for double the height, around 45 to 65 minutes later; the method selector above shows that time. Pray it before the sun weakens and yellows near the horizon.

Maghrib (4:50 PM today)

At 4:50 PM today in Brooklyn, the sun sets and Maghrib begins. Its window is the shortest of the day, so it is prayed promptly. On fasting days this same moment is iftar: break the fast first, following the Sunnah, with dates or water.

Isha (6:07 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:07 PM tonight in Brooklyn. 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 Brooklyn.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Brooklyn, New York

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Brooklyn. The verified list below covers 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Brooklyn, with addresses, headed by Masjid At-Taqwa. 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.

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 Brooklyn (58.52° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Brooklyn that means facing 58.52° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Brooklyn's position (40.7° N, 73.9° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6403 miles (10304 km), that puts Brooklyn 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.

At home or at work in Brooklyn, 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 New York: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Brooklyn, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:06 AM to 6:04 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:54 PM to 6:55 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:09 AM back to 5:10 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/New_York clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Brooklyn

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.