Prayer times in South Korea 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. Tap “Use my location” for the exact time where you are. The prayer times explained

Yes, the same method. The Korea Muslim Federation (KMF), which runs the Seoul Central Mosque in Itaewon, publishes a yearly Seoul timetable on the Muslim World League method (Fajr 18°, Isha 17°) with no adjustments. This page uses the same method by default. Checked day by day against the KMF timetable for February 2026 to January 2027, every time is within 2 minutes. The KMF timetable is for Seoul and Gyeonggi; for other cities, open the city here.

Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib are plain astronomy, and timetables differ on them only by a minute or two of margin. Fajr and Isha depend on the angle a timetable uses for dawn and dusk. Many mosques run by Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities use 18° for both (the Karachi method) with Hanafi Asr, and some add a few minutes of caution. If your mosque publishes its times, follow them: praying with your community matters more than the exact minute.

Asr begins when shadows grow long. The Shafi‘i, Maliki and Hanbali schools take the moment a shadow has grown by the length of the object, the Hanafi school the moment it has grown by twice that. In Korea the Hanafi time comes about 40 minutes to an hour and a quarter later. Many Muslims from South and Central Asia follow the Hanafi school. You can switch under “Calculation”.

Korea Standard Time is set for 135° east, but Seoul lies near 127° east, so the clock runs about half an hour ahead of the sun. The sun reaches its highest point between about 12:15 and 12:45, and Dhuhr begins just after. Busan, further east, is several minutes earlier than Seoul. Korea has no daylight saving time, so the times never jump by an hour.

A lot. Around midsummer, Fajr in Seoul is at about 03:16 and Isha at about 21:43. Around midwinter, Fajr is at about 06:09 and Isha at about 18:46. Korea lies between 33° and 38° north, so even in June the night is long enough and no special rule is needed.

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

The qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca, is west-north-west from everywhere in Korea: around 286° in Seoul, 287° in Busan and 286° on Jeju, measured clockwise from north. The KMF gives 285° for the whole country. Each city page shows the exact angle. Qibla finder How to find the qibla

The Friday prayer takes the place of Dhuhr, and each mosque sets the time of its sermon (khutbah). The KMF’s 2026 timetable says the Friday khutbah at the Seoul Central Mosque starts at 1:00 p.m. For other mosques, ask the mosque. 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. The voluntary (sunnah) prayers come before or after some of them. How many rak‘at each prayer has

When travelling, joining Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha is allowed by the great majority of scholars. Outside travel, many allow it in real hardship, such as a factory shift with no break, but not as a habit. Often a short break is enough: a prayer takes a few minutes. Ask the imam at your mosque about your situation. Praying at work or school

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