Prayer Times in Royston 🇬🇧

Today in Royston, Fajr at 5:07 AM, Sunrise at 7:02 AM, Dhuhr at 11:48 AM, Asr at 2:37 PM, Maghrib at 4:30 PM and Isha at 6:01 PM, in local time (United Kingdom Time).

Prayer times for Royston follow the Wifaq ul Ulama method by default. If your local mosque follows another method, you can choose that one instead.

The Wifaq ul Ulama method used for Royston sets Fajr when the sun is 18° below the horizon before sunrise, and Isha when it is 15° below the horizon after sunset.

Prayer-time sources can differ in calculation method, Asr time and high-latitude rule, and some round times or add a few minutes of caution. These times for Royston use the Wifaq ul Ulama method with the Hanafi Asr time; with the same settings, other sources usually come within a minute or two.

The times for Royston use the Hanafi Asr time. Asr begins when an object's shadow is twice its own length, added to its shadow at solar noon. This is the view of Abu Hanifa, followed by the Hanafi school. The alternative is Standard. Asr begins when an object's shadow equals its own length, added to its shadow at solar noon. This is the view of the Shafiʿi, Maliki and Hanbali schools. You can switch to it if your mosque follows it.

For nights when the usual Fajr or Isha time cannot be reached, prayer times for Royston use the Isha at one seventh of the night (Wifaq ul Ulama) rule. On nights when the method's Isha angle would put Isha more than one seventh of the night after sunset, Isha is one seventh of the night after sunset; in the UK this applies from about April to early September. Back-computed from Wifaq ul Ulama's 2026 timetables for London, Birmingham and Glasgow, which it matches within one minute. Wifaq's method page names the nearest-day and half-night rules; its timetables cap Isha at one seventh of the night and put Fajr near the middle of the night. Fajr then follows Wifaq's half-night Fajr rule.

The times are worked out for the location of Royston with the Wifaq ul Ulama method and given to the minute. A printed timetable can differ by a minute or two because it rounds times or adds minutes of caution; a bigger gap usually means a different method, Asr time or high-latitude rule.

From Royston, the Qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Makkah, is 120° measured clockwise from true north. A magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north, so correct for it when using one.

Today is 25 Jumada al-Ula 1448 in the Umm al-Qura calendar. Where months begin with a local sighting of the new moon, the date can differ by a day or more, depending on the country and the sighting, so for Ramadan and the Eids check the local announcement.

The prayer times for Royston are in local time, United Kingdom Time. Clock changes for daylight saving, where they apply, are included automatically.