Prayer Times Kent, WA Today

How Prayer Times in Kent Change Through the Year

No two days in Kent start at quite the same time. Across 2026, the earliest dawn prayer falls on 09 Jun 2026 at 3:10 AM, while the latest falls on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:25 AM. Between those dates Fajr travels 3 hours 15 minutes, which is why this page recalculates the timetable daily instead of printing a fixed one. The swing is wide because Kent sits at 47.4 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Kent is 4:18 PM on 07 Dec 2026; the latest is 9:10 PM on 22 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 52 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 9:09 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:21 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 Kent runs 17 hours 58 minutes on 18 Jun 2026, from Fajr at 3:11 AM to Maghrib at 9:09 PM. The shortest fast is 10 hours 1 minutes on 20 Dec 2026. Solar noon moves too: Dhuhr ranges from 11:53 AM in one part of the year to 1:20 PM in another, following the equation of time. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that is one of the ten longest fasting days in the United States: only 4 places fast longer at midsummer.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 24 Jun 2026 at 11:11 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Kent plan sleep around this stretch, and some mosques combine or adjust summer night schedules, so check your local mosque's board in midsummer.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Kent

The Kent 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 (5:29 AM today)

Fajr is the dawn prayer, and its time begins at true dawn, the first horizontal light in the east. Today in Kent that is 5:29 AM. Pray it before sunrise (6:56 AM); after sunrise it counts as qada (missed). Through the year in Kent, dawn moves between 3:10 AM and 6:25 AM, so the Fajr alarm needs resetting with the seasons.

Dhuhr (11:53 AM today)

Dhuhr enters just after solar noon, the moment the sun stops climbing and starts down. Solar noon in Kent is not 12:00 on the clock, because the city sits inside the America/Los_Angeles zone rather than on its meridian line: today it gives a Dhuhr of 11:53 AM. On Fridays, Jummah takes Dhuhr's place.

Asr (2:25 PM today)

The standard Asr rule (followed by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools) starts Asr when a shadow grows as long as the object itself, past the noon shadow: 2:25 PM in Kent today. The Hanafi school uses twice the length, putting Asr roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; switch the method at the top of the page to see it. Pray Asr before the sunlight yellows late in the day.

Maghrib (4:48 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 4:48 PM today in Kent. 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 (6:15 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the red twilight leaves the western sky, at 6:15 PM tonight in Kent. 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 Kent.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Kent, Washington

Every Friday, Jummah replaces Dhuhr, and it is the largest weekly gathering of Muslims in Kent. The verified mosque below serves Kent, with its address, headed by Islamic Center of Kent. Each mosque sets its own khutbah time inside the Dhuhr window (Dhuhr today is 11:53 AM), so check the mosque's own notice board or website before you go, and arrive early: Friday parking fills fast.

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

Finding the Qibla Direction in Kent (17.69° North)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Kent the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 17.69° north from true north. The bearing is calculated from Kent's coordinates (47.4° N, 122.2° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7553 miles (12156 km) from Kent in a straight line over the Earth's curved surface. From Kent, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

To face the qibla at home or at work in Kent, 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 Washington: The Two Jump Days

Kent moves its clocks twice a year, and the prayer timetable jumps with them. Daylight saving begins on 08 Mar 2026: Fajr leaps from 5:13 AM to 6:12 AM in one night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib follows, from 6:03 PM to 7:05 PM. On 01 Nov 2026 the clocks fall back, and Fajr returns from 6:25 AM to 5:27 AM. Mosques in Kent reset their iqamah boards on the same weekends. This page always follows the America/Los_Angeles time in force, so the times you see are already adjusted.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Kent

The day in Kent runs from Fajr at 5:29 AM to Isha at 6:15 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.