Prayer Times Irving, TX Today

How Prayer Times in Irving Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Irving are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Irving falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 4:57 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:39 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 Irving sits at 32.8 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Irving is earliest on 30 Nov 2026 at 5:21 PM and latest on 23 Jun 2026 at 8:40 PM, a shift of 3 hours 19 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:39 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:26 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 Irving runs 15 hours 42 minutes, on 19 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:57 AM to a Maghrib of 8:39 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 13 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 177 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:11 PM and 1:39 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Irving

Prayer times follow the sun, so they shift a little every day. For Irving, 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 (5:38 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Irving today that is 5:38 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 Irving ranges across the year from 4:57 AM at its earliest to 6:39 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (12:11 PM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Irving is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Chicago zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 12:11 PM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (3:13 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: 3:13 PM in Irving 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 (5:35 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 5:35 PM today in Irving. It is also the iftar moment on fasting days, and the Sunnah is to break the fast promptly with dates or water, then pray.

Isha (6:44 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:44 PM tonight in Irving. Islamic midnight is the midpoint between Maghrib and the next Fajr, and the last third of the night after it is the time of Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Use our Tahajjud calculator to find tonight's last third for Irving.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Irving, Texas

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Irving. The verified mosque below serves Irving, with its address, headed by Islamic Center of Irving at 2555 Esters Rd, Irving, TX 75062. Islamic Center of Irving publishes a Jummah time of 1st Jumu'ah 2:00 PM, 2nd Jumu'ah 3:15 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Irving (43.38° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Irving that means facing 43.38° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Irving's position (32.8° N, 96.9° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 7728 miles (12437 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 Irving, 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

Irving moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:41 AM to 6:39 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:30 PM to 7:31 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:36 AM to 5:37 AM. Mosques in Irving 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 Irving

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.