Prayer Times Akron, OH Today

How Prayer Times in Akron Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Akron are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Akron falls on 14 Jun 2026 at 4:12 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:39 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 27 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Akron sits at 41.1 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 Akron is 4:57 PM on 05 Dec 2026; the latest is 9:03 PM on 25 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 6 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 9:02 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:01 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 Akron runs 16 hours 50 minutes, on 19 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:12 AM to a Maghrib of 9:02 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 36 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 47 have a longer longest fast, which puts Akron in the longest-fast quarter of the country. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:10 PM and 1:37 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 19 Jun 2026 at 10:43 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Akron 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 Akron

The Akron 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 (5:42 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Akron it begins at 5:42 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:59 AM). Across the year, Akron's dawn moves from 4:12 AM at the earliest to 6:39 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 Akron sits within the America/New_York zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Akron is 12:10 PM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:57 PM today)

Under the standard rule used by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools, Asr opens when a shadow stretches to the object's own length beyond the noon shadow. That gives 2:57 PM in Akron today. Hanafi Asr, at twice the length, lands roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; flip the method selector at the top of the page to see it. The time to pray Asr runs out as the light yellows toward sunset.

Maghrib (5:19 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 5:19 PM in Akron. On a fasting day this moment is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast right away, with dates or water, and then pray Maghrib.

Isha (6:37 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:37 PM tonight in Akron. Halfway between Maghrib and the next Fajr falls Islamic midnight, and the last third of the night after it is set aside for Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Tonight's last third for Akron is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Akron, Ohio

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Akron. The mosque listed below serves Akron with its address, including Akron Mosque at 1147 Old Main St, Akron, OH 44301. 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 Akron (53.26° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Akron that means facing 53.26° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Akron's position (41.1° N, 81.5° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6715 miles (10806 km), that puts Akron 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 Akron, 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 Ohio: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Akron, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:35 AM to 6:34 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:24 PM to 7:25 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:39 AM back to 5:40 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 Akron

The day in Akron runs from Fajr at 5:42 AM to Isha at 6:37 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.