Prayer Times Nashville, TN Today

How Prayer Times in Nashville Change Through the Year

No two days in Nashville start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 11 Jun 2026 at 4:01 AM, while the latest falls on 08 Mar 2026 at 5:58 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 1 hour 57 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 Nashville sits at 36.2 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Nashville is earliest on 02 Dec 2026 at 4:32 PM and latest on 21 Jun 2026 at 8:08 PM, a shift of 3 hours 36 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:08 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:36 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 Nashville runs 16 hours 6 minutes on 17 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:01 AM to Maghrib at 8:07 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 58 minutes on 19 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:31 AM in one part of the year to 12:58 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 110 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Nashville

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

Fajr (5:00 AM today)

True dawn, the first white light spreading sideways along the eastern horizon, opens the Fajr window. In Nashville today that moment is 5:00 AM. The window shuts at sunrise (6:12 AM); a Fajr prayed after that is qada, a missed prayer made up later. Because dawn in Nashville swings between 4:01 AM and 5:58 AM over the year, a fixed alarm time never works for long.

Dhuhr (11:31 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Nashville that works out to 11:31 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Nashville keeps America/Chicago time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:27 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Nashville today that is 2:27 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 (4:49 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 4:49 PM in Nashville. 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 (6:01 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:01 PM tonight in Nashville. 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 Nashville is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Nashville, Tennessee

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Nashville. 6 mosques and Islamic centers in Nashville are listed below with their addresses, including Islamic Center of Nashville at 2515 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37204. Islamic Center of Nashville publishes a Jummah time of 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM; Islamic Center of Nashville - Bellevue Mosque publishes a Jummah time of 12:45 PM & 1:30 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Nashville 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 Nashville (50.21° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Nashville the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 50.21° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Nashville's coordinates (36.2° N, 86.8° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7148 miles (11504 km) from Nashville 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 Nashville, 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

Nashville moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 4:59 AM to 5:58 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 5:48 PM to 6:48 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 5:57 AM to 4:58 AM. Mosques in Nashville 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 Nashville

The day in Nashville runs from Fajr at 5:00 AM to Isha at 6:01 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.