Prayer Times Providence, RI Today

How Prayer Times in Providence Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Providence are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Providence falls on 12 Jun 2026 at 3:27 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 5:59 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 32 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Providence sits at 41.8 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 Providence is 4:15 PM on 02 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:25 PM on 23 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 10 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:24 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:18 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 Providence runs 16 hours 57 minutes, on 19 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:27 AM to a Maghrib of 8:24 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 32 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 36 have a longer longest fast, which puts Providence in the longest-fast quarter of the country. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:29 AM and 12:56 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Providence

Each prayer begins at a defined position of the sun, not at a fixed clock time. PrayerTimesUSA calculates the Providence timetable with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the standard used by most mosques in the United States: Fajr and Isha at a sun angle of 15 degrees, Asr by the standard shadow rule, with the Hanafi Asr shown through the method selector. Today's Hijri date in Providence is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:02 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Providence today that is 5:02 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:20 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Providence ranges across the year from 3:27 AM at its earliest to 5:59 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:29 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Providence 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 11:29 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:15 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: 2:15 PM in Providence 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 (4:37 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 4:37 PM today in Providence. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (5:56 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 5:56 PM tonight in Providence. 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 Providence, Rhode Island

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Providence. The verified mosque below serves Providence, with its address, headed by Masjid Al Kareem at 39 Haskins St, Providence, RI 02903. Masjid Al Kareem publishes a Jummah time of 1st Khutbah 1:00 PM, Iqamah 1:30 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Providence (60.19° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Providence that means facing 60.19° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Providence's position (41.8° N, 71.4° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6249 miles (10057 km), that puts Providence 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 Providence, 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 Rhode Island: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Providence, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 4:55 AM to 5:53 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:43 PM to 6:44 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 5:59 AM back to 5:00 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 Providence

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.