Prayer Times Arlington, TX Today

How Prayer Times in Arlington Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Arlington are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Arlington falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 4:58 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:40 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 42 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 Arlington sits at 32.7 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Arlington is 5:22 PM on 28 Nov 2026; the latest is 8:40 PM on 21 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 18 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:40 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 5:27 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 Arlington runs 15 hours 41 minutes on 17 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:58 AM to Maghrib at 8:39 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 13 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:12 PM in one part of the year to 1:39 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 181 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Arlington

The Arlington 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 (5:39 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Arlington it begins at 5:39 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:48 AM). Across the year, Arlington's dawn moves from 4:58 AM at the earliest to 6:40 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (12:12 PM today)

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

Asr (3:14 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: 3:14 PM in Arlington 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 (5:36 PM today)

Maghrib's window opens at sunset, the instant the sun's disc drops fully out of sight: 5:36 PM today in Arlington. For someone fasting, this is iftar, and the Sunnah is to break the fast at once, with dates or water, before praying.

Isha (6:45 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:45 PM tonight in Arlington. 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 Arlington.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Arlington, Texas

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Arlington. The verified mosque below serves Arlington, with its address, headed by Dar El-Eman Islamic Center. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:12 PM), 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 Arlington (43.28° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Arlington that means facing 43.28° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Arlington's position (32.7° N, 97.1° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 7739 miles (12454 km), it is one of the longer qibla distances in the United States. 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 Arlington, 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 Texas: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Arlington, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:41 AM to 6:40 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:30 PM to 7:31 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:36 AM back to 5:37 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 Arlington

Complete the prayers with the authentic supplications: the dua after adhan, dua after wudu, the 33-times tasbih after each prayer, and duas for hardship and gratitude. Read them in our dua library with Arabic text, transliteration and translation.