Prayer Times Norfolk, VA Today

How Prayer Times in Norfolk Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Norfolk are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Norfolk falls on 10 Jun 2026 at 4:16 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:16 AM. That is a difference of 2 hours 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 Norfolk sits at 36.9 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Norfolk is earliest on 05 Dec 2026 at 4:48 PM and latest on 21 Jun 2026 at 8:28 PM, a shift of 3 hours 40 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:28 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets 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 Norfolk runs 16 hours 12 minutes on 21 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 4:16 AM to Maghrib at 8:28 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 55 minutes on 19 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 105 of 218.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Norfolk

The Norfolk 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 (5:18 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Norfolk that is 5:18 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:31 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Norfolk, dawn moves between 4:16 AM and 6:16 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:49 AM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Norfolk sits inside the America/New_York zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 11:49 AM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:44 PM today)

Asr begins when an object's shadow equals its height beyond the noon shadow. That standard rule (Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali) gives 2:44 PM in Norfolk today. The Hanafi rule waits until the shadow is twice the height, which falls roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; use the calculation method selector at the top of this page to view Hanafi Asr. Finish Asr before the sun turns yellow and weak near the horizon.

Maghrib (5:06 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 5:06 PM today in Norfolk. 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 (6:19 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:19 PM tonight in Norfolk. 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 Norfolk.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Norfolk, Virginia

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Norfolk. The verified list below covers 3 mosques and Islamic centers in Norfolk, with addresses, headed by Masjid Ash-Shura at 3518 Colley Ave, Norfolk, VA 23508. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:49 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Norfolk (57.23° North-East)

Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Norfolk that means facing 57.23° north-east from true north, measured the short way around the globe. The bearing comes from Norfolk's position (36.9° N, 76.3° W) set against the Kaaba's (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6650 miles (10702 km), that puts Norfolk 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 Norfolk, 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

Norfolk moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:17 AM to 6:15 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:05 PM to 7:06 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:16 AM to 5:16 AM. Mosques in Norfolk reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/New_York time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Norfolk

Pair the prayers with the recorded supplications: the dua after the adhan, the dua after wudu, tasbih of 33 after every prayer, and duas for relief and gratitude. The full set, with Arabic, transliteration and translation, is in our dua library.