Prayer times in Switzerland 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 35 towns. They move by a few minutes every day and from one town to the next. Geneva lies almost 250 km west of St. Gallen, so every prayer there comes about 13 minutes later. Tap “Use my location” for the exact time where you are. The prayer times explained

Maghrib begins just after sunset, and in Ramadan it is when you break the fast. The calendar puts Maghrib seven minutes after the actual sunset, as a margin of caution. 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 or the same minutes of caution. This page follows the FIDS calendar, which is identical to Diyanet’s. Other mosques and many international apps use the Muslim World League’s angles (18° and 17°) or 15°, and then Fajr and Isha can be 20 minutes or more apart. If your mosque publishes its times, follow them.

There is no calendar every Swiss mosque follows. The FIDS, the largest umbrella organisation, publishes Diyanet’s times for its mosques, and the Turkish mosques pray by them anyway. Many apps use the Muslim World League (MWL). All of these are recognised ways of fixing dawn and dusk. What matters is that you use one consistently, ideally your community’s. MWL and 15° are under “Calculation”.

In summer the sun in Switzerland barely sinks more than 19° to 21° below the horizon at night, and twilight lasts through half the night. The calendar then sets Isha and Fajr with an estimate based on the length of the night, so at the end of June Isha in Zurich begins around 23:00. Many scholars allow combining Maghrib and Isha on such nights. Ask your imam what your community 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 Switzerland: around 121° in Geneva, 125° in Zurich and 124° in Lugano, 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 umbrella organisations announce the exact day shortly before. Depending on the moon sighting your community follows, it can move by a day. The fast lasts from Fajr to Maghrib, in Zurich about 11 h 45 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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