Prayer Times Knoxville, TN Today

How Prayer Times in Knoxville Change Through the Year

No two days in Knoxville start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 4:51 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:46 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 55 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 Knoxville sits at 36.0 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Knoxville is 5:21 PM on 03 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:56 PM on 21 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 35 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:56 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:25 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 Knoxville runs 16 hours 5 minutes, on 21 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:51 AM to a Maghrib of 8:56 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 59 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 115 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:19 PM and 1:46 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Knoxville

The Knoxville 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 (5:48 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Knoxville that is 5:48 AM. Pray it before sunrise (7:00 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Knoxville, dawn moves between 4:51 AM and 6:46 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (12:19 PM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Knoxville 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 12:19 PM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (3:16 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Knoxville today that is 3:16 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 (5:38 PM today)

At 5:38 PM today in Knoxville, 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 (6:50 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:50 PM tonight in Knoxville. The night that follows is measured from Maghrib to Fajr; its last third, after Islamic midnight, is the Tahajjud time. Use the Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third in Knoxville.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Knoxville, Tennessee

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Knoxville. The mosque listed below serves Knoxville with its address, including Masjid Annoor - Muslim Community of Knoxville at 100 13 St, Knoxville, TN 37916. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:19 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Knoxville mosque that is not listed? Send us its details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Knoxville (52.25° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Knoxville that means facing 52.25° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Knoxville's position (36.0° N, 83.9° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7032 miles (11317 km) from Knoxville 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 Knoxville, 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 Tennessee: The Two Jump Days

Knoxville moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:48 AM to 6:46 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:36 PM to 7:37 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:46 AM to 5:46 AM. Mosques in Knoxville reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/New_York time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Knoxville

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.