Azan Clock
What this page does
The large countdown shows how long is left until the next prayer, with today’s five times listed underneath and the coming one highlighted. Search for any city to recalculate everything for its coordinates.
If the alert is switched on, the tone you have chosen plays when each prayer time arrives, as long as the page is open. It defaults to the Azan Call tone, and the picker underneath the city search will change it to any of the other fifty. The azan clock keeps this setting separately from the rest of the site, so choosing a tone for the stopwatch will not change what plays at maghrib.
One thing to be clear about: Azan Call is a synthesised melodic phrase, not a recording of a muezzin. Every tone on this site is generated in the browser rather than played from a file, so no recitation is reproduced here and none is intended as a substitute for the call from your own mosque.
How the times are set
The azan is the call announcing that a prayer time has begun, and the times themselves are astronomical rather than fixed. Fajr starts at true dawn, dhuhr just after the sun crosses its highest point, asr when a shadow reaches a set proportion of its object, maghrib at sunset and isha once the evening twilight has gone.
Because they follow the sun, they move a little every day and differ between cities that share a clock. Two towns in one time zone, two hundred kilometres apart, will hear the maghrib call several minutes apart — and that difference is correct, not an error in either timetable.
Why timetables differ
Fajr and isha are the two that vary between authorities, because they depend on how far the sun sits below the horizon and there is no single agreed angle. Karachi and the Muslim World League use eighteen degrees, ISNA fifteen, and Umm al-Qura in Makkah sets isha by a fixed interval after sunset instead of an angle at all.
Asr has two established rulings: the standard one used by the Shafi, Maliki and Hanbali schools, and the Hanafi calculation that places it later in the afternoon. Both are available here, and the site-wide choice is made in the theme settings.
Where a mosque publishes its own timetable, follow that. A calculated time and a printed local one usually agree within a couple of minutes, and the mosque’s is the one the congregation will be praying by. For the full monthly view, including sehri and iftar, see Ramadan.
Voluntary prayers and their windows
Beyond the five obligatory prayers, the table on this page lists the voluntary ones and the window each falls in. They are worked out from the same sun positions rather than from fixed clock hours.
- Tahajjud — the night prayer, offered in the last third of the night after sleeping, ending at fajr.
- Islamic midnight — the halfway point between sunset and dawn. It is not a prayer time itself, but it marks where the night divides.
- Ishraq — shortly after sunrise, once the sun has fully cleared the horizon, roughly fifteen minutes after it appears.
- Duha, also called Chasht — mid-morning, from a little after Ishraq until shortly before the sun reaches its peak.
- Zawal — the few minutes as the sun crosses its highest point, when prayer is avoided until dhuhr begins.
- Awwabin — offered between maghrib and isha.
- Witr — the odd-numbered prayer that closes the night, prayed any time after isha.
The three periods in which prayer is discouraged all follow the sun rather than the clock: the minutes as it rises, the minutes as it sets, and zawal at its zenith. Schools differ on the exact length of each, which is another reason to keep to your local timetable where one is published.
Questions people ask
What is the azan?
The call announcing that a prayer time has begun, given from the mosque before each of the five daily prayers.
Does this page play a recording of the adhan?
No. It plays whichever alert tone you have chosen, as a reminder that the time has arrived. The default is Azan Call, a synthesised melodic phrase generated in the browser — there is no recitation and no audio file anywhere in the theme.
Can I change the tone that plays at each prayer?
Yes. The picker sits under the city search on this page, and all fifty-one tones are available. This page remembers its own choice, so it is unaffected by the tone you set for the alarm, timers or stopwatch.
Why do prayer times change every day?
Because they follow the sun rather than the clock, and the sun’s position at a given hour shifts through the year.
Why do nearby cities have different times?
Sunrise and sunset depend on coordinates, not on which time zone a place keeps. Two towns in one zone can differ by several minutes.
Which method should I choose?
The one your local mosque uses. Karachi is common in South Asia, ISNA in North America, the Muslim World League in much of Europe, and Umm al-Qura in Saudi Arabia.
Why do fajr and isha vary most between methods?
They depend on how far the sun sits below the horizon, and authorities set that angle differently — eighteen degrees for Karachi and the MWL, fifteen for ISNA.
How does Umm al-Qura calculate isha?
By a fixed interval after sunset, ninety minutes for most of the year, rather than by a sun angle.
What is the difference between the two asr calculations?
The standard ruling places asr when a shadow equals the object’s length plus its noon shadow. The Hanafi ruling doubles that, so asr falls later.
Will the alert work if the tab is in the background?
Usually, as long as the page stays open and you have interacted with it once so the browser allows sound.
Can I set it for a city I am travelling to?
Yes. Search for the city and everything recalculates for its coordinates and time zone.
What happens where the sun barely sets?
Above roughly 48 degrees latitude a true dawn or nightfall may not occur in summer. The calculation then divides the night into sevenths, though local rulings vary and should take precedence.
Which voluntary prayers are listed here?
Tahajjud, Islamic midnight, Ishraq, Duha (also called Chasht), Zawal, Awwabin and Witr, each with the window it falls in.
When exactly does Tahajjud begin?
It is prayed in the last third of the night. The table divides the span from sunset to the following dawn into three and gives the start of the final part.
What is the difference between Ishraq and Duha?
Ishraq is prayed just after sunrise, once the sun has fully risen. Duha is the mid-morning prayer that follows it and runs until shortly before the sun reaches its peak.
Why is prayer avoided at zawal?
Zawal is the moment the sun crosses its highest point. Prayer is held back through those few minutes and resumes with dhuhr once the sun has clearly begun to descend.
Where can I see sehri and iftar times?
On the Ramadan pages, which give the whole month for your city alongside the daily prayer times.
Where to go next
Bookmark or share azan clock directly. Everything else is one step away on local time in every country.
- Prayer times — the five daily prayers for any city
- Ramadan calendar — sehri and iftar for your city, all month
- Sunrise times — sunrise, twilight and day length from real coordinates
- Sunset times — sunset, dusk and the length of the evening
- current time around the world — the current time in every country, territory and US state