Prayer Times Hampton, VA Today

How Prayer Times in Hampton Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Hampton are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Hampton falls on 12 Jun 2026 at 4:15 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:16 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 1 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 Hampton sits at 37.0 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Hampton is 4:48 PM on 02 Dec 2026; the latest is 8:29 PM on 22 Jun 2026, a shift of 3 hours 41 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 8:28 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:52 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 Hampton runs 16 hours 13 minutes on 18 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:15 AM to Maghrib at 8:28 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 55 minutes on 16 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:49 AM in one part of the year to 1:16 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 104 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Hampton

The Hampton 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 (5:19 AM today)

Fajr is prayed at dawn, when light first appears across the horizon before sunrise. Today in Hampton it begins at 5:19 AM and must be finished by sunrise (6:32 AM). Across the year, Hampton's dawn moves from 4:15 AM at the earliest to 6:16 AM at the latest, so regular worshippers reset their Fajr alarm every few weeks.

Dhuhr (11:49 AM today)

The noon prayer begins once the sun has passed its peak. In Hampton that works out to 11:49 AM today. Clock time and sun time differ here because Hampton keeps America/New_York time from a position away from the zone's central meridian. On Fridays the congregational Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:44 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Hampton today that is 2:44 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 (5:06 PM today)

At 5:06 PM today in Hampton, 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 (6:19 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha starts when the red afterglow fades from the western sky: 6:19 PM tonight in Hampton. 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 Hampton, Virginia

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Hampton. The verified list below covers 2 mosques and Islamic centers in Hampton, with addresses, headed by Mosque and Islamic Center of Hampton Roads at 22 Tide Mill Ln, Hampton, VA 23666. Mosque and Islamic Center of Hampton Roads publishes a Jummah time of Friday prayers start at 1:30pm. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Hampton (57.18° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Hampton that means facing 57.18° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Hampton's position (37.0° N, 76.3° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6646 miles (10696 km), that puts Hampton 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 Hampton, 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 Virginia: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Hampton, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:17 AM to 6:15 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:05 PM to 7:06 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:16 AM back to 5:17 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 Hampton

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.