Prayer Times Charleston, SC Today

How Prayer Times in Charleston Change Through the Year

No two days in Charleston start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 10 Jun 2026 at 4:49 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:31 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 42 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Charleston sits at 32.8 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Charleston is 5:13 PM on 29 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:32 PM on 24 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 19 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:31 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:18 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 Charleston runs 15 hours 42 minutes, on 19 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:49 AM to a Maghrib of 8:31 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 13 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 177 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:03 PM and 1:30 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Charleston

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

Fajr (5:30 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Charleston it begins at 5:30 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:39 AM). Across the year, Charleston's dawn moves from 4:49 AM at the earliest to 6:31 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (12:03 PM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Charleston that works out to 12:03 PM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Charleston keeps America/New_York time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:05 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: 3:05 PM in Charleston 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 (5:27 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 5:27 PM today in Charleston. 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 (6:36 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:36 PM tonight in Charleston. 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 Charleston.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Charleston, South Carolina

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Charleston. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Charleston are listed below with their addresses, including Central Mosque of Charleston at 1082 King St, Charleston, SC 29403. Central Mosque of Charleston publishes a Jummah time of Jummah Prayer Time is 1:30pm. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

These mosques also run weekend schools, community iftars in Ramadan and the five daily prayers in congregation. If a Charleston mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Charleston (55.41° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Charleston the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 55.41° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Charleston's coordinates (32.8° N, 79.9° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 6978 miles (11230 km) from Charleston in a straight line over the Earth's curved surface. 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 Charleston, 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 South Carolina: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Charleston, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:33 AM to 6:31 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:22 PM to 7:22 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:28 AM back to 5:28 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 Charleston

The day in Charleston runs from Fajr at 5:30 AM to Isha at 6:36 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.