Calgary, Alberta · Mountain Time
Calgary Prayer Times Today
Live Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha times for Calgary, Alberta.
The schedule follows Calgary local time automatically, including the daylight saving changeover, and always names the calculation method behind the numbers. These are calculated prayer-start (Adhan) times — mosque Iqamah and Jumu’ah schedules are set locally and can differ.
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Times shown are calculated prayer-start times. Iqamah and Jumu’ah schedules vary by mosque — confirm before travelling.
Next prayer
Dhuhr الظهر
Starts at 1:43 PM
Counting down in Calgary local time.
- Fajr الفجر Passed
- Sunrise الشروق Solar event
- Dhuhr الظهر Next
- Asr العصر Later
- Maghrib المغرب Later
- Isha العشاء Later
Qibla from Calgary
25.0° NNE
Great-circle bearing from the city coordinates. Use a compass app for a precise heading indoors.
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Calculation settings
The calculation method mainly changes Fajr and Isha; the Asr method changes Asr. Neither option is presented here as the only correct choice — follow your mosque or a trusted local scholar.
Time format
- Method
- Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
- Asr
- Standard (Shafiʿi, Maliki, Hanbali)
- High latitude
- Angle-based
- Timezone
- America/Edmonton
- Refreshed
- Jul 28, 3:39 AM MDT
- Source
- AlAdhan Prayer Times API
Calculated prayer-start times can vary by calculation method and juristic setting. Mosque Iqamah and Jumu’ah times are set locally; confirm them with the mosque. Hijri dates may vary by local moon sighting.
Monthly Calgary prayer timetable
The full month for Calgary, using the same calculation method and Asr setting selected above. Print it, or export it to a spreadsheet.
| Date | Hijri | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Wed | 16 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:33 AM | 5:26 AM | 1:40 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:54 PM | 11:47 PM |
| 2 Thu | 17 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:34 AM | 5:27 AM | 1:40 PM | 6:02 PM | 9:54 PM | 11:47 PM |
| 3 Fri | 18 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:34 AM | 5:28 AM | 1:41 PM | 6:02 PM | 9:53 PM | 11:47 PM |
| 4 Sat | 19 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:35 AM | 5:28 AM | 1:41 PM | 6:02 PM | 9:53 PM | 11:47 PM |
| 5 Sun | 20 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:35 AM | 5:29 AM | 1:41 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:52 PM | 11:47 PM |
| 6 Mon | 21 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:36 AM | 5:30 AM | 1:41 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:52 PM | 11:46 PM |
| 7 Tue | 22 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:36 AM | 5:31 AM | 1:41 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:51 PM | 11:46 PM |
| 8 Wed | 23 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:37 AM | 5:32 AM | 1:41 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:51 PM | 11:46 PM |
| 9 Thu | 24 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:37 AM | 5:33 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:50 PM | 11:46 PM |
| 10 Fri | 25 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:38 AM | 5:34 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:49 PM | 11:45 PM |
| 11 Sat | 26 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:38 AM | 5:35 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:48 PM | 11:45 PM |
| 12 Sun | 27 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:39 AM | 5:36 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:48 PM | 11:45 PM |
| 13 Mon | 28 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:39 AM | 5:37 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:01 PM | 9:47 PM | 11:44 PM |
| 14 Tue | 29 Muḥarram 1448 AH | 3:40 AM | 5:38 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:00 PM | 9:46 PM | 11:44 PM |
| 15 Wed | 1 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:41 AM | 5:39 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:00 PM | 9:45 PM | 11:43 PM |
| 16 Thu | 2 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:41 AM | 5:41 AM | 1:42 PM | 6:00 PM | 9:44 PM | 11:43 PM |
| 17 Fri | 3 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:42 AM | 5:42 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:59 PM | 9:43 PM | 11:42 PM |
| 18 Sat | 4 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:43 AM | 5:43 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:59 PM | 9:42 PM | 11:42 PM |
| 19 Sun | 5 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:43 AM | 5:44 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:59 PM | 9:40 PM | 11:41 PM |
| 20 Mon | 6 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:44 AM | 5:46 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:58 PM | 9:39 PM | 11:41 PM |
| 21 Tue | 7 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:45 AM | 5:47 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:58 PM | 9:38 PM | 11:40 PM |
| 22 Wed | 8 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:45 AM | 5:48 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:58 PM | 9:37 PM | 11:40 PM |
| 23 Thu | 9 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:46 AM | 5:49 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:57 PM | 9:35 PM | 11:39 PM |
| 24 Fri | 10 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:47 AM | 5:51 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:57 PM | 9:34 PM | 11:38 PM |
| 25 Sat | 11 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:47 AM | 5:52 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:56 PM | 9:33 PM | 11:38 PM |
| 26 Sun | 12 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:48 AM | 5:54 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:56 PM | 9:31 PM | 11:37 PM |
| 27 Mon | 13 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:49 AM | 5:55 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:55 PM | 9:30 PM | 11:36 PM |
| 28 Tue | 14 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:49 AM | 5:56 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:55 PM | 9:28 PM | 11:35 PM |
| 29 Wed | 15 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:50 AM | 5:58 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:54 PM | 9:27 PM | 11:35 PM |
| 30 Thu | 16 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:52 AM | 5:59 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:53 PM | 9:25 PM | 11:32 PM |
| 31 Fri | 17 Ṣafar 1448 AH | 3:54 AM | 6:01 AM | 1:43 PM | 5:53 PM | 9:24 PM | 11:30 PM |
Calculated with Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) · Asr: Standard (Shafiʿi, Maliki, Hanbali) · High-latitude rule: Angle-based · Timezone: America/Edmonton
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What are today’s prayer times in Calgary?
Today’s Calgary prayer times are in the live panel at the top of this page. Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha are calculated from the sun’s position over Calgary for the current date, in Mountain Time, using the calculation method shown beside the timetable. Sunrise is listed too, because it closes the Fajr window — it is a solar event, not a sixth prayer.
Because sunrise and sunset shift every day, a printed calendar from last month will already be a few minutes out. The panel above is regenerated for the current Calgary date, so it is always the value to trust over anything memorised.
Adhan time or Iqamah time — which one is this?
This page publishes Adhan times: the moment each prayer window opens, calculated from astronomy. Iqamah is when a specific mosque actually starts the congregation, and it is almost always later — sometimes ten minutes, sometimes an hour.
| Adhan / prayer start | Iqamah | |
|---|---|---|
| Set by | Astronomical calculation | Each mosque’s administration |
| Changes | Every day, with the sun | Often fixed for weeks, then adjusted |
| Where to find it | The panel on this page | The mosque’s own website or board |
A masjid may hold Fajr Iqamah at a fixed 6:00 AM all month even though calculated Fajr moves daily. That is normal practice, not a discrepancy. CalgaryPrayerTimes.ca is an independent information site, not a mosque, so always confirm congregation times with the masjid you plan to attend.
Why do Calgary prayer times change so much?
Calgary sits at roughly 51° north. In late June the sun is up before 5:30 AM and still setting after 9:30 PM; in late December the city gets barely eight hours of daylight. Every time on this page moves with that swing.
In summer, Fajr arrives very early and Isha lands late, squeezing the night into a short window. In winter the pattern reverses — Maghrib can fall before the end of the working day, and Fajr does not arrive until well after it starts.
The high-latitude problem, briefly
Fajr and Isha are defined by twilight, not by sunrise or sunset. For part of the Calgary summer the sky never darkens enough to reach the twilight angle a method expects, so no valid time exists and a high-latitude rule has to estimate one. The settings panel above lets you choose between the angle-based estimate, splitting the night at its midpoint, or one seventh of the night. Calgary mosques handle those weeks differently, which is a legitimate difference of practice rather than one timetable being wrong.
Alberta also switches between Mountain Standard Time and Mountain Daylight Time. This page reads the America/Edmonton timezone directly, so the clock, countdown and timetable move on the changeover weekends by themselves — and stay correct even if you are reading from Toronto, London or Karachi.
Why do two Calgary websites show different times?
Almost always because they use a different calculation method. Each organisation publishes its own twilight angles for Fajr and Isha, and a different angle moves those two prayers by anything from a few minutes to half an hour. The Asr rule accounts for most of the remaining difference.
You can reproduce another site’s numbers by switching method in the settings panel above. Neither result is broken — they are answering the same question with different parameters.
| Method | Fajr / Isha | Common in | Effect at Calgary’s latitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISNA | 15° / 15° | Canada, United States | Default here. Later Fajr, earlier Isha — the most workable in a northern summer. |
| Muslim World League | 18° / 17° | Europe, North America | Earlier Fajr, later Isha than ISNA. |
| Egyptian Authority of Survey | 19.5° / 17.5° | Egypt, parts of Africa | The earliest Fajr of the group. |
| Umm al-Qura, Makkah | 18.5° / 90 min after Maghrib | Saudi Arabia | Isha is a fixed interval, which behaves unusually this far north. |
| Karachi | 18° / 18° | Pakistan, India, Bangladesh | Often chosen by families used to a South Asian timetable. |
| Moonsighting Committee | Seasonal twilight model | North America, Europe | Built specifically for high-latitude summers. |
This is descriptive information, not a religious ruling. Follow your own mosque or a trusted local scholar where practice differs.
Where do I find Calgary mosque and Jumu’ah times?
Jumu’ah replaces Dhuhr on Friday and is scheduled by each mosque, not calculated. Larger Calgary centres run two or three sittings from around midday into the early afternoon; smaller musallas hold one. Those schedules change with the season and with building capacity, so we link to the source rather than reprint a citywide grid that would go stale.
For congregation schedules published by the organisations themselves, see the Islamic Information Society of Calgary and the Muslim Council of Calgary. Confirm before travelling.
Where does this data come from?
CalgaryPrayerTimes.ca is an independent prayer-time information website for Calgary, Alberta. It publishes calculated prayer-start times and links to local mosque resources. It is not a mosque and is not affiliated with any Calgary Islamic organisation.
Rather than asking you to trust an unexplained “algorithm”, the panel above names the method that produced the numbers, when they were last fetched, and says so plainly if a saved copy is being shown because a request failed.
| Data | Source | Refreshed | Limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prayer-start times | AlAdhan API via this site’s own server, coordinates 51.0447, -114.0719 | Per Calgary calendar day | Depend on the selected method and Asr rule |
| Timezone and DST | America/Edmonton | Continuous | Correct wherever you are reading from |
| Hijri date | Astronomical Hijri calendar | Daily | May differ by a day from a local moon-sighting announcement |
| Iqamah and Jumu’ah | Not published here | — | Set by each mosque; cannot be derived from a city timetable |
Calculated prayer-start times vary by calculation method and juristic setting. Iqamah and Jumu’ah times are set by individual mosques and may change. Confirm congregation times with the mosque before travelling.
Calgary prayer time questions
What time is Fajr in Calgary today?
Today’s Fajr is the first card in the live panel at the top of this page. It shifts noticeably through the year in Calgary — very early in June, much later in December — so check the live value rather than memorising one.
What time is Maghrib in Calgary today?
Maghrib begins at sunset and is shown in the live panel. It is the prayer that moves most visibly with the seasons here, from after 9:30 PM in midsummer to before 4:40 PM around the winter solstice.
Is Asr different for the Hanafi method?
Yes. The Hanafi rule waits until an object’s shadow reaches twice its length; the standard rule used by the Shafiʻi, Maliki and Hanbali schools uses one length. In a Calgary summer the gap can exceed an hour. Both are in the settings panel.
Which calculation method is used by default?
ISNA with the standard Asr rule, which is the setting most commonly published for North American cities. The active method is always named beside the timetable, and you can switch to Muslim World League, Egyptian, Umm al-Qura, Karachi or the Moonsighting Committee model.
Does daylight saving time affect these times?
The solar events do not change, but the clock times do. The page reads the America/Edmonton timezone, so displayed times shift automatically on the changeover weekends with no manual update.
Why is Isha so late in the summer?
At about 51° north the sky stays light late into the night, so the twilight angle defining Isha is reached very late — and on some dates not at all. When that happens a high-latitude rule estimates the time, and you can choose which rule to apply.
Are these official mosque Iqamah times?
No. These are calculated prayer-start times for the city. This website is independent and not affiliated with any mosque. For congregation times, use the mosque’s own schedule.
Can I print or export the monthly timetable?
Yes. The monthly section has a print button that produces a clean printable page — use your browser’s “Save as PDF” in the same dialog — and a CSV download for spreadsheets. Both record the method and Asr setting used.
How often does the timetable update?
Times are generated per Calgary calendar day and refresh automatically at local midnight. The countdown recalculates every second, and a “last refreshed” stamp sits beneath the panel. If a stored copy is ever used because a request failed, the page says so rather than showing it silently.
Is Sunrise one of the five prayers?
No. Sunrise is a solar event and is labelled as one. It is listed because it closes the Fajr window, and because Ishraq and Duha are anchored to it.