Prayer Times Sioux Falls, SD Today

How Prayer Times in Sioux Falls Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Sioux Falls are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Sioux Falls falls on 15 Jun 2026 at 3:55 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:41 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 46 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Sioux Falls sits at 43.5 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 Sioux Falls is 4:50 PM on 06 Dec 2026; the latest is 9:12 PM on 21 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 22 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 9:12 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:53 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 Sioux Falls runs 17 hours 16 minutes on 17 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:55 AM to Maghrib at 9:11 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 23 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:10 PM in one part of the year to 1:38 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 17 have a longer longest fast, which puts Sioux Falls in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

At the height of summer the night almost disappears. Isha does not arrive until 11:02 PM on 20 Jun 2026, and the next Fajr follows only about 4 hours 53 minutes later. Worshippers in Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls

The Sioux Falls 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 (5:45 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Sioux Falls it begins at 5:45 AM and must be finished by sunrise (7:05 AM). Across the year, Sioux Falls's dawn moves from 3:55 AM at the earliest to 6:41 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (12:10 PM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Sioux Falls that works out to 12:10 PM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Sioux Falls keeps America/Chicago time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

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 Sioux Falls 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 (5:15 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 5:15 PM in Sioux Falls. 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 (6:36 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:36 PM tonight in Sioux Falls. 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 Sioux Falls is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Sioux Falls. 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Sioux Falls are listed below with their addresses, including Islamic Center of Sioux Falls at 1909 E 6th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57103. Islamic Center of Sioux Falls publishes a Jummah time of Jummah services every Friday at 1:30 PM; Muslim Community Center of South Dakota publishes a Jummah time of Jummah Khutbah starts at 1:30, followed by Iqamah at 1:55. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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 Sioux Falls (41.23° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Sioux Falls the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 41.23° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Sioux Falls's coordinates (43.5° N, 96.7° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7171 miles (11540 km) from Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls, 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 Dakota: The Two Jump Days

Sioux Falls moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:35 AM to 6:33 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:24 PM to 7:25 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:41 AM to 5:42 AM. Mosques in Sioux Falls reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Chicago time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Sioux Falls

The day in Sioux Falls runs from Fajr at 5:45 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.