SalahNowUnited Arab Emirates prayer times
Today’s times and the monthly table for cities in the UAE. Every row names its source: the published Awqaf timetable when a row comes from it, or “calculated” with the Dubai method when it is computed.
Published Islamic affairs and endowments timetable in use · 0-minute difference
Scope of this claim
The sentence holds when the row is taken from the published timetable — the row’s own label names the institution — and no minute adjustment is added; the figures are copied from the timetable as they are, without rounding or precaution minutes. If the published timetable does not cover a day, that day is calculated with the Dubai method, its row carries the word “calculated”, and the sentence does not cover it. The institution’s name identifies the data source; it does not imply partnership, endorsement or sponsorship.
Cities
Cities are listed by population. A city that is missing has no entry in the prayer-times database yet.
Calculation and source
- Institution
- General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Endowments and Zakat
- Method
- Dubai
- Fajr 18.2°, isha 18.2°; used for rows that are calculated.
- Asr
- Asr is shown at a shadow ratio of one, the single Asr column the Awqaf timetable publishes. Followers of the Hanafi school can switch to the two-shadow Asr in the app; the Asr row then differs from the published timetable by that difference in school.
- Precaution minutes
- None. The app adds no precaution minutes of its own, and matching the published timetable depends on the personal minute adjustment staying at zero.
- Time zone
- The UAE does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset is the same all year. City times still differ slightly: the difference in longitude between the coastal cities and the interior moves sunrise and sunset by a few minutes, which is why each city has its own page.
- Hijri calendar and crescent
- The start of Ramadan and both Eids is announced by the country’s moon-sighting committee. The Hijri calendar in the app is calculated and can differ from the announcement by a day.
The federal authority for Islamic affairs in the UAE; it publishes the official prayer timetable. Rows read from a published timetable carry the institution’s name.
United Arab Emirates prayer times
The source of every row
Every row on the UAE pages carries a label naming its source. A row taken from the official published timetable carries the name of the institution that published it; a calculated row carries the word “calculated” together with the Dubai method used in the region. That is more honest than attributing calculated figures to an institution they were not read from, and more honest than hiding the difference between the two. The site writes the source on every row as it is, so the label alone tells you which of the two numbers you are reading.
What matching the Awqaf timetable means
When a row is taken from the published timetable, its times are the timetable’s own figures — nothing added, nothing removed, nothing rounded. That match is conditional: the row must come from the published timetable, as its label shows, and the personal minute adjustment must stay at zero. A calculated row follows the Dubai method and can differ from the published timetable by a few minutes, which is why the matching sentence does not cover it.
The Dubai method and Asr
The Dubai method uses an angle of 18.2 degrees for fajr and the same for isha; it is the method most residents of the country follow, and the calculated rows on these pages use it. Dhuhr, asr, maghrib and sunrise come from the position of the sun at the city’s coordinates. Asr is calculated at a shadow ratio of one, the single Asr column the Awqaf timetable publishes. If you prefer the Hanafi two-shadow Asr you can choose it in the app, and the Asr row then differs from the published timetable by that difference in school — a deliberate, known difference rather than an error in the data or the calculation.
Local time and differences between cities
The whole of the UAE is in the Asia/Dubai zone, four hours ahead of UTC, and does not use daylight saving time, so the clock never changes in spring or autumn. City times still differ from one another, because the difference in longitude between the coastal cities and the interior moves sunrise and sunset by a few minutes. That is why every city has its own page and its own table; choose the city nearest to you.
Monthly table and Ramadan timetable
Each city page shows today’s times followed by a thirty-day table with a source label on every row, and the Ramadan timetable page shows fajr and maghrib side by side as suhoor and iftar. The country’s moon-sighting committee announces the start of Ramadan and both Eids, and the date can fall a day earlier or later than in a neighbouring country; that is a difference in the announcing body, not in prayer times. In the app you can set an alert for each prayer with the adhan or silently, and place the prayer-times widget on your home screen.
Questions
Are the times on this page taken from the Awqaf timetable?
How do I select the Awqaf timetable in the app?
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