Prayer Times Burlington, VT Today

How Prayer Times in Burlington Change Through the Year

No two days in Burlington start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 3:14 AM, while the latest falls on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:07 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours 53 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is wide because Burlington sits at 44.5 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Burlington is earliest on 05 Dec 2026 at 4:13 PM and latest on 23 Jun 2026 at 8:42 PM, a shift of 4 hours 29 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:41 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:16 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 Burlington runs 17 hours 27 minutes on 19 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:14 AM to Maghrib at 8:41 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 18 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:36 AM in one part of the year to 1:04 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, only 13 have a longer longest fast, which puts Burlington in the longest-fast quarter of the country.

At the height of summer the night almost disappears. Isha does not arrive until 10:36 PM on 22 Jun 2026, and the next Fajr follows only about 4 hours 38 minutes later. Worshippers in Burlington guard their sleep through June and July, and some mosques adjust or combine the summer night prayers, so check your mosque's board in midsummer.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Burlington

The Burlington 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 (5:11 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Burlington it begins at 5:11 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:33 AM). Across the year, Burlington's dawn moves from 3:14 AM at the earliest to 6:07 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:36 AM today)

Dhuhr starts once the sun has crossed its peak and begun to decline. Solar noon is not the same as 12:00 on the clock, because Burlington sits within the America/New_York zone, away from its central meridian: today Dhuhr in Burlington is 11:36 AM. On Fridays the Jummah congregation takes the place of Dhuhr.

Asr (2:16 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 2:16 PM in Burlington 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 (4:39 PM today)

At 4:39 PM today in Burlington, 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 (6:01 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

When the red twilight has gone from the west, Isha begins: 6:01 PM tonight in Burlington. 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 Burlington.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Burlington, Vermont

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Burlington. The verified list below covers 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Burlington, with addresses, headed by Islamic Society of Vermont at 400 Swift St, South Burlington, VT 05403. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:36 AM), 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 Burlington 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 Burlington (58.94° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Burlington that means facing 58.94° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Burlington's position (44.5° N, 73.2° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6235 miles (10034 km), that puts Burlington among the closer American places to Mecca. 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 Burlington, 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 Vermont: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Burlington, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:00 AM to 5:58 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 5:49 PM to 6:50 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:07 AM back to 5:09 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/New_York clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Burlington

The day in Burlington runs from Fajr at 5:11 AM to Isha at 6:01 PM; fill the spaces between with the authentic adhkar: dua after adhan, dua after wudu, the 33-times tasbih after prayer, and duas for hardship and gratitude, all in our dua library with Arabic text, transliteration and translation.