Prayer Times Jackson Heights, NY Today

How Prayer Times in Jackson Heights Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Jackson Heights 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 Heights falls on 12 Jun 2026 at 3:44 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:08 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 Jackson Heights sits at 40.8 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 Jackson Heights is 4:28 PM on 02 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:31 PM on 22 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 3 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:30 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:31 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 Jackson Heights runs 16 hours 46 minutes on 18 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:44 AM to Maghrib at 8:30 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 37 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:39 AM in one part of the year to 1:06 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 Jackson Heights

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 Heights 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 Heights 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 Heights it begins at 5:11 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:28 AM). Across the year, Jackson Heights's dawn moves from 3:44 AM at the earliest to 6:08 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:39 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Jackson Heights that works out to 11:39 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Jackson Heights keeps America/New_York time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:27 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: 2:27 PM in Jackson Heights 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 (4:49 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 4:49 PM today in Jackson Heights. It is also the iftar moment on fasting days, and the Sunnah is to break the fast promptly with dates or water, then pray.

Isha (6:06 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:06 PM tonight in Jackson Heights. Islamic midnight is the midpoint between Maghrib and the next Fajr, and the last third of the night after it is the time of Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Use our Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third for Jackson Heights.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Jackson Heights, New York

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Jackson Heights. The mosque listed below serves Jackson Heights with its address, including An-Noor Cultural Center at 7013 37th Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:39 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Jackson Heights (58.56° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Jackson Heights that means facing 58.56° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Jackson Heights's position (40.8° N, 73.9° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6397 miles (10295 km), that puts Jackson Heights 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 Jackson Heights, 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 York: The Two Jump Days

Jackson Heights moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:05 AM to 6:04 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:54 PM to 6:55 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:08 AM to 5:09 AM. Mosques in Jackson Heights 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 Jackson Heights

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.