Prayer Times Pittsburgh, PA Today

How Prayer Times in Pittsburgh Change Through the Year

The sun runs Pittsburgh's prayer clock, and it never keeps the same hours for long. Fajr reaches its earliest point of 2026 on 14 Jun 2026, at 4:10 AM, and its latest on 31 Oct 2026, at 6:32 AM: a swing of 2 hours 22 minutes between the two. A timetable printed in winter is out of date by summer. The swing is wide because Pittsburgh sits at 40.4 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 Pittsburgh is earliest on 04 Dec 2026 at 4:53 PM and latest on 20 Jun 2026 at 8:54 PM, a shift of 4 hours 1 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:54 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:57 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 Pittsburgh runs 16 hours 43 minutes, on 17 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:10 AM to a Maghrib of 8:53 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 39 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 72 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:04 PM and 1:31 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

At the height of summer the night almost disappears. Isha does not arrive until 10:33 PM on 20 Jun 2026, and the next Fajr follows only about 5 hours 37 minutes later. Worshippers in Pittsburgh guard their sleep through June and July, and some mosques adjust or combine the summer night prayers, so check your mosque's board in midsummer.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Pittsburgh

Prayer times follow the sun, so they shift a little every day. For Pittsburgh, this page uses the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the one most US mosques follow: a 15-degree sun angle for Fajr and Isha, the standard shadow rule for Asr, and the Hanafi Asr available in the method selector. Today, 03 Nov 2026, is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 on the Hijri calendar.

Fajr (5:36 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Pittsburgh today that is 5:36 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:52 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Pittsburgh ranges across the year from 4:10 AM at its earliest to 6:32 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (12:04 PM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Pittsburgh 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 12:04 PM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:52 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Pittsburgh today that is 2:52 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 (5:14 PM today)

At 5:14 PM today in Pittsburgh, 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 (6:31 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:31 PM tonight in Pittsburgh. 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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Pittsburgh. The mosque listed below serves Pittsburgh with its address, including Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:04 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Pittsburgh (54.40° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Pittsburgh the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 54.40° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Pittsburgh's coordinates (40.4° N, 80.0° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6677 miles (10745 km), that puts Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, 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 Pennsylvania: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Pittsburgh, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:30 AM to 6:28 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:18 PM to 7:19 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:32 AM back to 5:33 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 Pittsburgh

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.