Salah times in Birkenhead
Salah times in Birkenhead today
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
- 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.
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Qibla direction and Hijri date
Qibla from Birkenhead
118° SE
Clockwise from true north, towards the Kaaba in Makkah.
Hijri date
3 Jumada I 1448 AH
Umm al-Qura calendar. Local moon sighting may differ by a day.
Praying in Birkenhead
Isha holds off until 11:05 PM in Birkenhead on 21 June, more than five and a half hours later than its 5:30 PM start on 6 December. At 53.4 degrees north the summer sun never drops far below the horizon, and the evening twilight carries on late into the night.
Fajr covers a similar stretch of the clock, from 2:42 AM on 19 June to 6:46 AM on 1 January. The longest fast, 19h 06m, is on 23 June, and the shortest, 9h 15m, is on 19 December, so a summer fast lasts about ten hours longer than a winter one.
Mosques near Birkenhead
Qibla 118° SE
- Wirral Deen Centre371-375 Borough Road · 1 mi from the centre
- Al-Rahma Mosque2 mi from the centre
- Masjid Omar Mukhtar2 mi from the centre
- Abdullah Quilliam Mosque8-10 Brougham Terrace · 3 mi from the centre
- Baitul Lateef Mosque309 Breck Road, L5 6PU · 3 mi from the centre
- Felicity House4 mi from the centre
Mosque locations and map © OpenStreetMap contributors, map style Protomaps. Check with each mosque for congregation times.
October 2026 Salah timetable for Birkenhead
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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.
2027 at a glance
- Earliest Fajr
- 19 June
- Latest Fajr
- 1 January
- Earliest Isha
- 6 December
- Latest Isha
- 21 June
- Longest Fajr to Maghrib
- 19h 06m 23 June
- Shortest Fajr to Maghrib
- 9h 15m 19 December
- Ramadan fasts (expected)
- About 11h 04m → 12h 57m8 February to 8 March
- Clocks go forward
- 28 March
- Clocks go back
- 31 October
Calculated for 2027 with the method described on this page. Ramadan dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar; follow your local announcement for the actual start.
Frequently asked questions
How do the Ramadan 2027 fasts in Birkenhead compare with the rest of the year?
Ramadan is expected to begin around 8 February with a fast of 11h 04m and end around 8 March at 12h 57m. The fasts grow as the month goes on because the days lengthen after midwinter. Even the last one is far short of the 19h 06m in June.
Why does Isha start so late in a Birkenhead summer?
The sun sets at a shallow angle and stays only a few degrees below the horizon at midsummer, so twilight lasts a long time. The latest Isha is 11:05 PM on 21 June, while in early December it is 5:30 PM.
How early does Fajr start in Birkenhead?
The earliest is 2:42 AM, on 19 June, and the latest is 6:46 AM, on 1 January. Keep to the timetable for your week rather than remembering a single time, because Fajr keeps shifting across the year.
What is the shortest fast in Birkenhead?
9h 15m, on 19 December. The longest, 19h 06m on 23 June, is almost ten hours more. Ramadan in 2027 sits much nearer the short winter end of that range.