Prayer Times Virginia Beach, VA Today

How Prayer Times in Virginia Beach Change Through the Year

No two days in Virginia Beach start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 13 Jun 2026 at 4:15 AM, while the latest falls on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:15 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 2 hours, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is gentler than in the northern states because Virginia Beach sits at 36.9 degrees north, where daylight stays steadier through the year.

Sunset moves even further. Maghrib in Virginia Beach is earliest on 30 Nov 2026 at 4:48 PM and latest on 21 Jun 2026 at 8:27 PM, a shift of 3 hours 39 minutes. On the longest day of the year, 21 Jun 2026, the sun sets at 8:27 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it sets at 4:52 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 Virginia Beach runs 16 hours 11 minutes, on 17 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 4:15 AM to a Maghrib of 8:26 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 56 minutes on 17 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that longest fast ranks 106 of 218. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:48 AM and 1:15 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach 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 (5:17 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Virginia Beach that is 5:17 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:30 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Virginia Beach, dawn moves between 4:15 AM and 6:15 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:48 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Virginia Beach is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/New_York zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:48 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:43 PM today)

Asr begins when the afternoon shadow of an object equals its height, on top of the shadow it cast at noon. In Virginia Beach today that is 2:43 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 (5:05 PM today)

Maghrib begins at sunset, the instant the sun's disc slips fully below the horizon: today that is 5:05 PM in Virginia Beach. 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 (6:18 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:18 PM tonight in Virginia Beach. 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 Virginia Beach is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Virginia Beach. The mosque listed below serves Virginia Beach with its address, including Islamic Center of Virginia Beach. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:48 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 Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach (57.43° North-East)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Virginia Beach the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 57.43° north-east from true north. The bearing is calculated from Virginia Beach's coordinates (36.9° N, 76.0° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). At about 6636 miles (10679 km), that puts Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach, 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 Virginia Beach, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:16 AM to 6:14 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:04 PM to 7:05 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:15 AM back to 5:15 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 Virginia Beach

The day in Virginia Beach runs from Fajr at 5:17 AM to Isha at 6:18 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.