Prayer Times Memphis, TN Today

How Prayer Times in Memphis Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Memphis are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Memphis falls on 11 Jun 2026 at 4:19 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:11 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 52 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 Memphis sits at 35.1 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Memphis is 4:48 PM on 29 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:19 PM on 26 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 31 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:18 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:52 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 Memphis runs 15 hours 58 minutes, on 16 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:19 AM to a Maghrib of 8:17 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 3 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 125 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:44 AM and 1:11 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Memphis

Prayer times follow the sun, so they shift a little every day. For Memphis, this page uses the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the one most US mosques follow: a 15-degree sun angle for Fajr and Isha, the standard shadow rule for Asr, and the Hanafi Asr available in the method selector. Today, 03 Nov 2026, is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 on the Hijri calendar.

Fajr (5:12 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Memphis today that moment is 5:12 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:23 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Memphis swings between 4:19 AM and 6:11 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (11:44 AM today)

Dhuhr starts once the sun has crossed its peak and begun to decline. Solar noon is not the same as 12:00 on the clock, because Memphis sits within the America/Chicago zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Memphis is 11:44 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:42 PM today)

Under the standard rule used by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools, Asr opens when a shadow stretches to the object's own length beyond the noon shadow. That gives 2:42 PM in Memphis today. Hanafi Asr, at twice the length, lands roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; flip the method selector at the top of the page to see it. The time to pray Asr runs out as the light yellows toward sunset.

Maghrib (5:04 PM today)

At 5:04 PM today in Memphis, 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 (6:15 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:15 PM tonight in Memphis. 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 Memphis.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Memphis, Tennessee

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Memphis. The verified list below covers 4 mosques and Islamic centers in Memphis, with addresses, headed by Memphis Islamic Center at 10299 Humphreys Rd, Cordova, TN 38018. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:44 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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 Memphis (48.05° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Memphis the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 48.05° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Memphis's coordinates (35.1° N, 90.0° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7332 miles (11800 km) from Memphis 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 Memphis, 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 Memphis, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:12 AM to 6:11 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:01 PM to 7:02 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:10 AM back to 5:10 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 Memphis

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.