Prayer times in Japan 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 every city. Japan keeps one clock from end to end, so the same prayer comes at very different clock times: today Dhuhr is at 11:12 in Kushiro and 12:19 in Naha, more than an hour apart. Tap “Use my location” for the exact time where you are. The prayer times explained

Yes, almost to the minute. Tokyo Camii publishes the calculation of Türkiye’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet): Fajr with the sun 18° below the horizon, Isha at 17°, and a few minutes of caution (temkin) on sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib. This page uses the same calculation by default, and it matches Diyanet’s own tables for Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo and Naha within a minute. A mosque a few kilometres away may differ by a minute.

Everyone starts from the sun, but not with the same angles or the same minutes of caution. Many apps use the Muslim World League’s 18° / 17°: the same angles as Diyanet, but without the extra minutes, so Maghrib comes a few minutes earlier and sunrise a few minutes later. With 18° / 18°, Isha comes about five minutes later. If your mosque publishes its times, follow them: praying with your community matters more than the exact minute. You can change the method under “Calculation”.

Asr begins when shadows have grown: for the Shafi‘i, Maliki and Hanbali schools when an object’s shadow equals its length, for the Hanafi school when it is twice its length. In Japan the Hanafi time is about 35 minutes later in winter and more than an hour later in summer. Many Muslims in Japan from Türkiye, Pakistan and Bangladesh follow the Hanafi school. Both are sound: follow your school or your mosque.

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

Japan has no daylight saving time, so around the summer solstice dawn comes very early on the clock. Today Fajr is at 04:22 in Sapporo and 05:15 in Naha; in June it comes before 2:00 in Sapporo and around 2:30 in Tokyo. All of Japan lies south of 45° north, so unlike northern Europe no special rule for light nights is needed: the same angles work all year.

The qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, is west-north-west from everywhere in Japan: around 293° in Tokyo, 291° in Osaka, 288° in Fukuoka and 293° in Sapporo, measured clockwise from north. Each city page shows the exact angle. Qibla finder How to find the qibla

The Friday prayer takes the place of Dhuhr, but each mosque sets the time of its sermon (khutbah) itself. It is usually at Dhuhr time or a little after; at Tokyo Camii it starts at 12:30. Some busy mosques hold two. Check your mosque’s times. Jumu‘ah explained

The expected date is Monday 8 February 2027, by the astronomical calendar. It is confirmed the evening before, depending on the sighting of the moon, so it can move by a day. Follow the announcement your mosque follows. Your first Ramadan

Fajr has 2 rak‘at, Dhuhr 4, Asr 4, Maghrib 3 and Isha 4. These are the obligatory prayers, 17 rak‘at a day. The voluntary (sunnah) prayers come before or after some of them. How many rak‘at each prayer has

Dhuhr and Asr have long windows, so a lunch or afternoon break is often enough; ask whether a meeting room or quiet corner is free for a few minutes. Whether you may combine Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha is a difference between the schools: the Shafi‘i, Maliki and Hanbali schools allow it when travelling, the Hanafi school does not. When in doubt, ask the imam at your mosque. Praying at work or school

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