Prayer Times in Halifax — 2023

Prayer times in Halifax today (Sunday, 30 August 2026): Fajr 05:09, Sunrise 06:34, Dhuhr 13:15, Asr 16:58, Maghrib 19:56, Isha 21:20. Times are computed from the city’s coordinates, the America/Halifax timezone (UTC−3 · ADT), the Islamic Society of North America convention and Standard (single-shadow) Asr.

Halifax sits in Nova Scotia, Canada, at 44.6488°, -63.5752°. Those two numbers — latitude and longitude — are the entire geographic input for the timetable. Population on this page is treated as a ranking signal only; the prayer times themselves depend on the sun’s altitude as seen from this point on Earth. The listed population is about 440,000 people.

For the latitude of Halifax, day length changes clearly from winter to summer. In August 2026 sunrise is 06:34 and Maghrib is 19:56. Dhuhr (13:15) sits near local solar noon. That seasonal swing is the reason a UK timetable cannot be reused in Canada, and why this page is calculated from Halifax’s own coordinates rather than a national average.

The Islamic Society of North America method is the starting point on this Halifax page. Fajr and Isha are defined by solar depression angles (or, for Umm al-Qura, a Maghrib-plus-minutes rule). Asr is shown with the Standard shadow factor of 1, used by the Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali schools and by most Western mosque boards. Many North American Islamic centres follow ISNA (15°/15°). If your masjid prints later Fajr than this page, switch the method to ISNA.

Muslims in Halifax use a mix of mosque timetables, printed pocket calendars and apps. The figures on this page are meant to sit next to those sources: same coordinates, transparent method, no hidden offset unless you add one.

Qibla from Halifax is 65.6° from true north (ENE), about 9,349 km from the Kaaba in Makkah. A phone compass is only as good as its calibration; once you have identified a wall that faces that bearing, you can mark it and stop re-measuring every day. Magnetic declination is not applied on this page — the figure is geographic, which is what a qibla diagram expects.

Nearby timetables: prayer times in Quebec City (639 km), prayer times in Montreal (790 km), prayer times in Ottawa (955 km), prayer times in Markham (1256 km), prayer times in Toronto (1264 km). Neighbouring cities share almost the same latitude, so Fajr and Isha usually differ by one to four minutes — mostly longitude and the minute the time zone snaps to.

The full August grid is on the Halifax timetable for August 2026. A year view lives at prayer times in Halifax for 2026. More cities in Canada are listed on the Canada prayer times page. Figures refresh automatically each day.

This page is an astronomical estimate, not a fatwa and not a substitute for the announcement in your local masjid. Some congregations publish a one- to three-minute precaution. If your mosque uses a different Fajr angle, switch the method above or apply a manual minute offset. For personal prayer, a coordinate-based calculation for Halifax is typically accurate to one or two minutes on a clear horizon.