Prayer times in Denmark today

Today’s prayer times in 31 towns

Friday 23 October 2026 · Diyanet 18° / 16° · Asr standard · tap a town for the whole month

How prayer times are worked out in Denmark

The five prayers are tied to the sun. Fajr begins at dawn, when the first light appears above the horizon, and lasts until sunrise. Dhuhr begins once the sun has passed its highest point. Asr begins when the shadows have grown long. Maghrib begins just after sunset, and Isha when the last light has gone from the sky.

Dawn and dusk are measured by how many degrees the sun is below the horizon. By default this page follows the Diyanet calendar, based on the international prayer-times conference in Istanbul: Fajr at 18°, Isha at 16° and a few minutes of safety margin. Sunrise is shown 7 minutes earlier, and Dhuhr 5, Asr 4 and Maghrib 7 minutes later, than the astronomical moment. These are the times the Hamad Bin Khalifa mosque in Copenhagen shows outside summer. Under “Calculation” you can choose the Muslim World League (18° and 17°), which many international apps use, or 15° / 15°. Some mosques publish their own calendars with a later Fajr, and 15° comes close to those.

In summer it never gets properly dark in Denmark. At midsummer the sun at midnight is only 11° below the horizon in Copenhagen and 9° in Frederikshavn, so in Copenhagen it does not reach 18° from early May to early August. The calendar therefore uses smaller angles in summer. This page does it like this: the Fajr angle is at most 69% and the Isha angle at most 64% of how deep the sun goes at midnight, and around midsummer Fajr comes no later than when 22% of the night is left before sunrise, and Isha no earlier than when 19.6% of the night has passed after sunset. With the other methods, the rule for light nights takes over: Fajr never comes earlier than the angle divided by 60 of the night before sunrise (18° gives 18/60), and Isha never later than the same after sunset. Under “Calculation” you can pick one seventh of the night or the middle of the night instead.

To be honest about it: the times here are calculated, not copied from a printed calendar. From September to March they match Diyanet’s calendar for Copenhagen to the minute. The summer rule is not published, so from April to August Fajr and Isha can differ by a few minutes, at most around 7. Some mosques also pray Isha shortly after Maghrib in the lightest weeks. If your mosque has a calendar of its own, follow it. What matters most is that you pray, and that you pray together with the people around you.

New to the prayer?

There are five obligatory prayers each day, and each has a set number of rak‘at: Fajr 2, Dhuhr 4, Asr 4, Maghrib 3 and Isha 4. Before you pray, you make wudu, the ritual washing. Whether you have just taken your shahada, moved here to study or work, or are finding your way back after a break, these guides start from zero.

• How to pray, step by step→
• How to make wudu→
• How many rak‘at each prayer has→
• What to say in the prayer→
• The five prayer times explained→
• Praying at work or at university→

Ramadan 2027 is expected to begin around 8 Feb. In Copenhagen the fast from Fajr to Maghrib is then about 11 h 20 min on the first day, and each town page shows how long it is there. Read Your first Ramadan, or check what breaks the fast.