Prayer Times Oak Cliff, TX Today

How Prayer Times in Oak Cliff Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Oak Cliff are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Oak Cliff falls on 08 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 Oak Cliff sits at 32.7 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Oak Cliff is earliest on 27 Nov 2026 at 5:21 PM and latest on 22 Jun 2026 at 8:39 PM, a shift of 3 hours 18 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:38 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:25 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 Oak Cliff runs 15 hours 41 minutes on 18 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:57 AM to Maghrib at 8:38 PM. The shortest fast is 11 hours 13 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 12:11 PM in one part of the year to 1:38 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 Oak Cliff

The Oak Cliff 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 (5:37 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Oak Cliff that is 5:37 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:47 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Oak Cliff, dawn moves between 4:57 AM and 6:39 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (12:11 PM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Oak Cliff 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 Oak Cliff 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 (5:34 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 5:34 PM today in Oak Cliff. 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 last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:44 PM tonight in Oak Cliff. 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 Oak Cliff is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Oak Cliff, Texas

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Oak Cliff. The mosque listed below serves Oak Cliff with its address, including Oak Cliff Islamic Center at 3434 Sunnyvale St, Dallas, TX 75216. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 12:11 PM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Oak Cliff 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 Oak Cliff (43.51° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Oak Cliff that means facing 43.51° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Oak Cliff's position (32.7° N, 96.8° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 7726 miles (12434 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 Oak Cliff, 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

Oak Cliff moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:40 AM to 6:39 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:29 PM to 7:30 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:35 AM to 5:36 AM. Mosques in Oak Cliff 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 Oak Cliff

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.