Concord (Contra Costa) — Prayer Times

Prayer Times for Today December, 04, 2024

Local time: 17:58

Depending on the city you are in, the prayer times will vary due to geographic location, as the times for sunrise, zenith, sunset, and other astronomical indicators will differ.

Our service Namaz Day calculates prayer times for various cities based on coordinates, local time, different madhabs, and various calculation methods.

On this page, you can always choose the preferred calculation method from the 19 existing ones.

USA, Calif, Concord (Contra Costa) – Prayer Times for Today

1. Fajr – Morning prayer at 05:35

When does it start? At dawn with the first signs of white light on the horizon and ends just before sunrise.

2. Dhuhr – Noon prayer at 11:58

When does it start? When the sun has deviated from the zenith (even if just a minute past "true noon"). It ends when the shadow of an object becomes twice its height, not including the length of the shadow during the zenith (in simpler terms, when the shadow's length equals the object's height).

3. Asr – Afternoon prayer at 14:30 (also known as post-noon or pre-sunset prayer)

When does it start? Immediately after the previous prayer and continues until the beginning of sunset, i.e., until the sun’s disk touches the horizon (according to some teachings, it is permissible to pray until the complete sunset).

4. Maghrib – Evening prayer right after sunset at 16:48

When does it start? According to the Shia madhab, it is better not to start the prayer until the redness in the sky disappears, but it is not prohibited. Maghrib ends after the so-called evening twilight – the redness on the horizon which resembles a residual white background.

5. Isha – Night prayer at 18:16

It follows Maghrib (with some teachings suggesting a slight delay), effectively beginning with the onset of complete darkness. The prayer is concluded with the arrival of dawn – at the beginning of Fajr, although some schools insist on performing the night prayers until midnight (not until 00:00, but until the end of the first half of the night, which is calculated as half the time from sunset to sunrise).

Which Prayer Time is the Most Accurate?

Firstly, it depends on the madhab – the canonical legal school to which a Muslim belongs. To calculate prayer times, you can simply choose:

• prayer times according to the Hanafi madhab;
• prayer times according to the Shafi'i madhab.

The Jafari madhab of Shia Muslims can also be found in the list of organizations and can be set according to your preference.

Secondly, you can choose the preferred calculation method based on the latitudes you are in. Our site calculates prayer times using methods from the following organizations and conventions:

• Muslim World League,
• University of Islamic Sciences (Karachi),
• Umm al-Qura University (Mecca),
• Egyptian General Authority of Survey,
• Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan,
• Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kyrgyzstan,
• Islamic Society of North America,
• Directorate of Religious Affairs of Turkey (Diyanet),
• Muslim Board of Uzbekistan,
• Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia,
• Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan,
• Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments of Algeria,
• Ministry of Religious Affairs of Tunisia,
• Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran,
• Department of Islamic Development Malaysia,
• Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia,
• Islamic Religious Council of Singapore,
• French Council of the Muslim Faith,
• Jafari Madhhab of Twelver Shia.

The differences in calculations depend on the varying angles of Fajr and Isha for different regions. If you are traveling, you can use a geographically closer calculation method (for instance, if you are in high latitudes, it is recommended to calculate times using the method of the Mecca Muslim League).

Prayer times may vary with different methods and legal schools, but they may also remain the same – meaning that the prayer occurs at the same time even with such parameters.

Note that during certain seasons or in extremely low/high latitudes, where daylight or night lasts longer, traditional methods of calculating prayer times may be inapplicable.
For such conditions, our site uses alternative calculation methods such as the mid-night method, angular method, fixed intervals, and others.