Prayer times in the Netherlands 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. They move by a minute or two every day and from one city to the next: Enschede is about ten minutes ahead of The Hague. Tap “Use my location” for the exact time where you are. The prayer times explained

Dutch mosques do not all follow one calendar. Turkish mosques, such as those of the ISN (Islamitische Stichting Nederland) and Milli Görüş, follow Diyanet’s calendar, which this page uses by default. Many mosques run by Moroccan communities use 18° for Fajr and 17° for Isha, often on a Mawaqit screen, or their own table. Some add a few minutes of margin. If your mosque publishes its times, follow them: praying with your community matters more than the exact minute.

All three are used by Muslims in the Netherlands. Diyanet’s calendar is the one Turkish mosques publish; it adds a few minutes of caution to sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib and makes Fajr and Isha gentler in summer. 18° / 17° (Muslim World League) is common in Moroccan mosques and many apps. 15° gives a later Fajr and an earlier Isha. If you pray at a mosque, use what it uses. You can change the method under “Calculation”.

Fajr and Isha are tied to how far the sun is below the horizon, usually 18°. In Amsterdam, from 19 May to 25 Jul, the sun never gets that low: the sky never becomes fully dark. Diyanet’s calendar then uses its own summer rule, and 18° / 17° falls back on a share of the night. That is why Isha in June comes late, after 23:00, and why calendars differ most in those weeks.

Fajr lasts until sunrise, not until Dhuhr. 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 pale), and Maghrib until Isha. Each city page has a table of today’s windows. What to do if you miss a prayer

The qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, is south-east from everywhere in the Netherlands: around 126° in Amsterdam, 125° in Rotterdam and 128° in Groningen, 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, usually a little after Dhuhr. Some large 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, and Turkish and Moroccan mosques do not always follow the same announcement, so it can differ by a day. Follow the announcement your mosque follows. Your first Ramadan

Yes. Gebedstijden is Dutch for prayer times, and namaz vakitleri is Turkish. Salah (or salat) is the Arabic word for the prayer, namaz the Turkish and Persian one. They are all the same five prayers.

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

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