Prayer Times Portland, OR Today

How Prayer Times in Portland Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Portland are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Portland falls on 14 Jun 2026 at 3:22 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:26 AM. That is a difference of 3 hours 4 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Portland sits at 45.5 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 Portland is earliest on 06 Dec 2026 at 4:27 PM and latest on 23 Jun 2026 at 9:04 PM, a shift of 4 hours 37 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 9:03 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:30 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 Portland runs 17 hours 41 minutes on 19 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:22 AM to Maghrib at 9:03 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 12 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:54 AM in one part of the year to 1:21 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that is one of the ten longest fasting days in the United States: only 8 places fast longer at midsummer.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 20 Jun 2026 at 11:03 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Portland 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 Portland

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

Fajr (5:30 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Portland that is 5:30 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:53 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Portland, dawn moves between 3:22 AM and 6:26 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:54 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Portland is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Los_Angeles zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:54 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:31 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: 2:31 PM in Portland 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 (4:55 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:55 PM today in Portland. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:18 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:18 PM tonight in Portland. 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 Portland.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Portland, Oregon

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Portland. The verified list below covers 6 mosques and Islamic centers in Portland, with addresses, headed by Islamic Society of Greater Portland. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:54 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 Portland (17.47° North)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Portland that means facing 17.47° north from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Portland's position (45.5° N, 122.7° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 7683 miles (12364 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. From Portland, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

At home or at work in Portland, 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 Oregon: The Two Jump Days

Portland moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:17 AM to 6:15 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:06 PM to 7:08 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:26 AM to 5:27 AM. Mosques in Portland reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Los_Angeles time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Portland

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.