Prayer Times Waco, TX Today

How Prayer Times in Waco Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Waco are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Waco falls on 08 Jun 2026 at 5:03 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 08 Mar 2026 at 6:41 AM. That is a difference of 1 hour 38 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 Waco sits at 31.5 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Waco is earliest on 27 Nov 2026 at 5:25 PM and latest on 27 Jun 2026 at 8:38 PM, a shift of 3 hours 13 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:37 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 5:30 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 Waco runs 15 hours 34 minutes, on 20 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 5:03 AM to a Maghrib of 8:37 PM; the shortest is just 11 hours 18 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast sits near the gentle end of the table, ranked 195 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 12:12 PM and 1:39 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Waco

The Waco 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 (5:38 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Waco it begins at 5:38 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:46 AM). Across the year, Waco's dawn moves from 5:03 AM at the earliest to 6:41 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 Waco that works out to 12:12 PM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Waco keeps America/Chicago time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (3:16 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Waco today that is 3:16 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 (5:38 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 5:38 PM in Waco. 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 (6:46 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:46 PM tonight in Waco. 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 Waco.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Waco, Texas

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Waco. The mosque listed below serves Waco with its address, including The Blue Mosque: Islamic Center Of Waco at 2725 Benton Dr, Waco, TX. 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.

Most mosques in Waco also hold the five daily prayers in congregation, Quran classes for children, and taraweeh through Ramadan. If your mosque in Waco is missing from the list, contact us and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Waco (43.59° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Waco the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 43.59° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Waco's coordinates (31.5° N, 97.1° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 7799 miles (12552 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 Waco, 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 Waco, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:42 AM to 6:41 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:31 PM to 7:32 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 Waco

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.