Prayer Times Clarksville, TN Today

How Prayer Times in Clarksville Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Clarksville are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Clarksville falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 4:02 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:00 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 58 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Clarksville sits at 36.5 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Clarksville is 4:34 PM on 29 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:12 PM on 24 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 38 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:11 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:38 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 Clarksville runs 16 hours 9 minutes, on 19 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:02 AM to a Maghrib of 8:11 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 57 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 109 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:33 AM and 1:00 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Clarksville

Each prayer begins at a defined position of the sun, not at a fixed clock time. PrayerTimesUSA calculates the Clarksville 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 Clarksville is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:02 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Clarksville today that moment is 5:02 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:15 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Clarksville swings between 4:02 AM and 6:00 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (11:33 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Clarksville that works out to 11:33 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Clarksville keeps America/Chicago time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:29 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: 2:29 PM in Clarksville 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 (4:51 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 4:51 PM today in Clarksville. 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 (6:03 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:03 PM tonight in Clarksville. 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 Clarksville.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Clarksville, Tennessee

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Clarksville. The verified mosque below serves Clarksville, with its address, headed by Islamic Center of Clarksville at 202 Uffelman Dr, Clarksville, TN 37043. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:33 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Clarksville (49.73° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Clarksville that means facing 49.73° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Clarksville's position (36.5° N, 87.4° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7156 miles (11517 km) from Clarksville 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.

At home or at work in Clarksville, 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 Tennessee: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Clarksville, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:01 AM to 6:00 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:50 PM to 6:51 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:00 AM back to 5:01 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Chicago clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Clarksville

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.