Prayer Times Austin, TX Today

How Prayer Times in Austin Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Austin are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Austin falls on 10 Jun 2026 at 5:10 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:43 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 33 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 Austin sits at 30.3 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Austin is earliest on 27 Nov 2026 at 5:30 PM and latest on 25 Jun 2026 at 8:37 PM, a shift of 3 hours 7 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:36 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:35 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 Austin runs 15 hours 25 minutes, on 16 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 5:10 AM to a Maghrib of 8:35 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 23 minutes on 15 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 198 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:15 PM and 1:42 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Austin

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

Fajr (5:39 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Austin today that is 5:39 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:47 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Austin ranges across the year from 5:10 AM at its earliest to 6:43 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (12:15 PM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Austin sits inside the America/Chicago zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 12:15 PM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:20 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 3:20 PM in Austin 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 (5:42 PM today)

At 5:42 PM today in Austin, 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 (6:49 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:49 PM tonight in Austin. The middle of the Islamic night falls halfway between Maghrib and tomorrow's Fajr, and the last third of the night after that midpoint is the Tahajjud time. Find tonight's exact last third with our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Austin, Texas

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Austin. The verified list below covers 4 mosques and Islamic centers in Austin, with addresses, headed by Islamic Center of Greater Austin at 5110 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78723. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:15 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

These mosques also run weekend schools, community iftars in Ramadan and the five daily prayers in congregation. If a Austin mosque is missing here, contact us with its address and Jummah time and we will add it.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Austin (43.50° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Austin that means facing 43.50° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Austin's position (30.3° N, 97.7° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 7888 miles (12694 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.

At home or at work in Austin, 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 Texas: The Two Jump Days

Austin moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:45 AM to 6:43 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:34 PM to 7:35 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:37 AM to 5:38 AM. Mosques in Austin 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 Austin

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.