Prayer times in Maidstone
Prayer times in Maidstone today
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Time in Maidstone Next: in
- Fajr
- Sunrise
- Dhuhr
- Asr
- Maghrib
- Isha
Times are calculated for the city centre. Mosques may publish slightly different times; follow your local mosque's timetable for congregation.
Qibla direction and Hijri date
Qibla from Maidstone
119° SE
Clockwise from true north, towards the Kaaba in Makkah.
Hijri date
2 Jumada I 1448 AH
Umm al-Qura calendar. Local moon sighting may differ by a day.
Praying in Maidstone
Maidstone's Fajr reaches 2:42 AM on 20 June, the day before the solstice, and Isha follows on 22 June at 10:39 PM. Around midsummer a little over four hours separate Isha from the next Fajr, the shortest night of prayer times in the year. UK pages follow the Moonsighting Committee Worldwide convention, and at 51.3 degrees north the sky never fully darkens in that gap.
The other end of the year looks different. Fajr is latest at 6:22 AM on 1 January, and Isha is earliest at 5:26 PM on 4 December, more than two weeks before the 22 December solstice. Fajr alone shifts by more than three and a half hours across the year.
2027 at a glance
- Earliest Fajr
- 20 June
- Latest Fajr
- 1 January
- Earliest Isha
- 4 December
- Latest Isha
- 22 June
- Longest Fajr to Maghrib
- 18h 39m 21 June
- Shortest Fajr to Maghrib
- 9h 36m 20 December
- Ramadan fasts (expected)
- About 11h 16m → 12h 59m8 February to 8 March
- Clocks go forward
- 28 March
- Clocks go back
- 31 October
Calculated for 2027 with the method shown below. Ramadan dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar; follow your local announcement for the actual start.
October 2026 prayer timetable for Maidstone
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Mosques near Maidstone
- Muslim Community Centre115 Thorold Road, ME5 7DR · 8 mi from the centre
- Chatham Mosque8 mi from the centre
- Imam Ali Centre8 mi from the centre
- Jamia Mosque8 mi from the centre
Mosque locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Check with each mosque for congregation times.
How these times are calculated
- Method
- Moonsighting Committee Worldwide
- Fajr
- 18° with seasonal adjustment
- Isha
- seasonal twilight (shafaq)
- Highlighted Asr
- Hanafi (shadow twice the length)
UK times use the Moonsighting Committee Worldwide method. In summer, cities above 55 degrees north, including Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, follow the one-seventh-of-the-night rule for Fajr and Isha because true twilight never ends there. Dhuhr is shown 5 minutes after solar noon and Maghrib 3 minutes after sunset, following the method's guidance.
Frequently asked questions
When do the clocks change in Maidstone, and what happens to prayer times?
Clocks go forward on 28 March and back on 31 October. The timetable is in local time, so from 28 March each prayer reads an hour later than it did the day before, and from 31 October an hour earlier. The sun itself has not moved; only the clock has.
Which way is the Qibla in Maidstone?
The bearing is 119 degrees, measured clockwise from true north. That lies between due east and south-east, nearer east-south-east. It follows the shortest route over the globe to Makkah, so a straight line on a flat map can point somewhere different.
Why is Fajr so early in Maidstone in June?
At 51.3 degrees north the sun dips only a shallow distance below the horizon on a June night, so the first light of dawn arrives early. Fajr is 2:42 AM on 20 June, and the sky never gets fully dark between Isha and Fajr.
How much shorter is the shortest fast than the longest in Maidstone?
The longest fast, 18h 39m, falls on the solstice itself, 21 June. The shortest, 9h 36m, is on 20 December, two days before the winter solstice. The difference is a little over nine hours.