Prayer times in Belgium today

Muslims pray five times a day, and each prayer has its time by the sun: Fajr at dawn, Dhuhr just after midday, Asr in the afternoon, Maghrib at sunset and Isha once it is dark. Today’s times are at the top, and the table gives them for all 37 towns. They move by a few minutes every day and from one town to the next. Genk lies about 180 km east of Ostend, so every prayer there comes about 10 minutes earlier. Tap “Use my location” for the exact time where you are. The prayer times explained

Maghrib begins at sunset, and in Ramadan it is when you break the fast. The EMB puts it about 2 minutes after sunset. Maghrib hardly depends on the calendar, so it is the surest time of the day. Today’s time for your town is at the top and in the table. Does this break my fast?

Every calendar starts from the sun, but not all use the same angles for Fajr and Isha. This page follows the EMB, with 18° for both. Turkish mosques follow Diyanet (18° and 16°, with minutes of caution), some Moroccan-run mosques use 19° and 17°, and some French-language sites use 12°. Then Fajr and Isha can be half an hour apart or more, while Maghrib hardly changes. If your mosque publishes its times, on a poster or on Mawaqit, follow them.

There is no calendar every Belgian mosque follows. The Muslim Executive of Belgium (EMB), the officially recognised body, publishes one for the whole country, and this page uses it by default. Turkish mosques pray by Diyanet’s calendar, and some Moroccan-run mosques by Morocco’s angles. All of these are recognised ways of fixing dawn and dusk. What matters is that you use one consistently, ideally your mosque’s. You can switch under “Calculation”.

From mid-May to late July the sun never sinks 18° below the horizon in Belgium, so the last light never fully leaves the sky. The EMB then sets Isha with an estimate, about a quarter of the night after sunset, which puts it close to midnight in Brussels at the end of June. For that period the EMB allows combining Maghrib and Isha early (jam‘ taqdim). Ask your imam what your mosque does.

Fajr lasts until sunrise. Isha is best prayed before the middle of the night, halfway between sunset and Fajr, and when there is real need, right up to Fajr. Dhuhr lasts until Asr, Asr until sunset (without putting it off until the sun turns yellow), and Maghrib until Isha. What to do if you miss a prayer

Asr begins when an object’s shadow is as long as the object itself (the standard time, in the Shafi‘i, Maliki and Hanbali schools) or twice as long (Hanafi). So the Hanafi time is later: about half an hour in winter and more than an hour in summer. The calendar shows the earlier time. You can switch to Hanafi under “Calculation”.

The qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, is south-east from everywhere in Belgium: around 122° in Ostend, 123° in Brussels and 125° in Liège, measured clockwise from north. Each town page shows the exact angle. Qibla finder How to find the qibla

The Friday prayer takes the place of Dhuhr and begins at Dhuhr time at the earliest. Each mosque sets the time of its sermon (khutbah) itself, often earlier in winter than in summer. Check your mosque’s times. Jumu‘ah explained

The expected date is Monday 8 February 2027, by the astronomical calendar. The EMB announces the exact day shortly before, after the moon sighting. Depending on the moon sighting your community follows, it can move by a day. The fast lasts from Fajr to Maghrib, in Brussels about 11 h 32 min on the first day. Your first Ramadan

When travelling, most schools allow it. The Hanafi school allows it only at Arafat and Muzdalifah during the pilgrimage. Some scholars also allow it in real hardship, for example when Isha comes very late in summer and you have to work early. Ask your imam what your community does.

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