Prayer Times in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal

Gregorian: Friday, 16 October 2026 Hijri: 5 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH

Prayer times in Durban today start with Fajr at 03:55 and end with Isha at 19:24, calculated for the city's own time zone using the Muslim World League method.

Next: Fajr 03:53

Local time in Durban

Fajr 03:55
Sunrise 05:17
Dhuhr 11:42
Asr 16:17
Maghrib 18:06
Isha 19:24

Asr (Standard) 15:16

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What are the prayer times in Durban today?

Today's prayer times in Durban (Friday, 16 October 2026): Fajr 03:55, sunrise 05:17, Dhuhr 11:42, Asr 16:17, Maghrib 18:06 and Isha 19:24.

Next prayer: Fajr 03:53
Hijri: 5 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
Method: Muslim World League
Asr: Hanafi
Qibla: 10.4° N

Updated Friday, 16 October 2026. Calculated with the Muslim World League method for Durban's coordinates and time zone.

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Durban prayer timetable October 2026

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Durban salah timetable, October 2026: Fajr, sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha (salat times)
Date	Hijri	Fajr	Sunrise	Dhuhr	Asr (Standard)	Asr (Hanafi)	Maghrib	Isha
Thu 1	19 Rabi al-Thani	04:14	05:35	11:47	15:16	16:13	17:57	19:13
Fri 2	20	04:13	05:33	11:46	15:16	16:13	17:58	19:13
Sat 3	21	04:12	05:32	11:46	15:16	16:13	17:58	19:14
Sun 4	22	04:10	05:31	11:46	15:16	16:13	17:59	19:15
Mon 5	23	04:09	05:30	11:45	15:16	16:14	17:59	19:16
Tue 6	24	04:08	05:28	11:45	15:16	16:14	18:00	19:16
Wed 7	25	04:06	05:27	11:45	15:16	16:14	18:01	19:17
Thu 8	26	04:05	05:26	11:44	15:16	16:15	18:01	19:18
Fri 9	27	04:04	05:25	11:44	15:16	16:15	18:02	19:18
Sat 10	28	04:02	05:24	11:44	15:16	16:15	18:02	19:19
Sun 11	29	04:01	05:23	11:44	15:16	16:15	18:03	19:20
Mon 12	1 Jumada al-Ula	04:00	05:22	11:43	15:16	16:16	18:04	19:21
Tue 13	2	03:58	05:20	11:43	15:16	16:16	18:04	19:22
Wed 14	3	03:57	05:19	11:43	15:16	16:16	18:05	19:22
Thu 15	4	03:56	05:18	11:43	15:16	16:17	18:06	19:23
Fri 16	5	03:55	05:17	11:42	15:16	16:17	18:06	19:24
Sat 17	6	03:53	05:16	11:42	15:16	16:17	18:07	19:25
Sun 18	7	03:52	05:15	11:42	15:16	16:18	18:08	19:26
Mon 19	8	03:51	05:14	11:42	15:16	16:18	18:08	19:27
Tue 20	9	03:50	05:13	11:42	15:16	16:18	18:09	19:28
Wed 21	10	03:48	05:12	11:42	15:16	16:19	18:10	19:28
Thu 22	11	03:47	05:11	11:41	15:16	16:19	18:10	19:29
Fri 23	12	03:46	05:10	11:41	15:16	16:19	18:11	19:30
Sat 24	13	03:45	05:09	11:41	15:16	16:20	18:12	19:31
Sun 25	14	03:43	05:08	11:41	15:16	16:20	18:13	19:32
Mon 26	15	03:42	05:07	11:41	15:16	16:20	18:13	19:33
Tue 27	16	03:41	05:06	11:41	15:16	16:21	18:14	19:34
Wed 28	17	03:40	05:05	11:41	15:16	16:21	18:15	19:35
Thu 29	18	03:39	05:04	11:41	15:16	16:21	18:16	19:36
Fri 30	19	03:38	05:03	11:41	15:16	16:22	18:16	19:37
Sat 31	20	03:37	05:02	11:40	15:16	16:22	18:17	19:38

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Qibla from Durban

Face 10.4° (north) from true north. Makkah is 5,779 km away.

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Ramadan 2027 in Durban

Ramadan 1448 AH is expected to begin on 8 February 2027, subject to moon sighting.

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Salah times Durban: calculation method and Asr

Method: Muslim World League. Asr: Hanafi. Hanafi Asr is highlighted because it is followed by most mosques in South Africa.

Method

Asr

Standard (Shafi, Maliki, Hanbali) Hanafi

Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha time in Durban

Each of the five daily prayers in Durban today, with tomorrow's time so you can plan ahead.

Fajr time Durban

Fajr in Durban today is at 03:55. Tomorrow it is at 03:53 (2 min earlier).

Dhuhr time Durban

Dhuhr in Durban today is at 11:42. Tomorrow it is at 11:42 (same time).

Asr time Durban

Asr in Durban today is at 16:17. Tomorrow it is at 16:17 (same time).

Maghrib time Durban

Maghrib in Durban today is at 18:06. Tomorrow it is at 18:07 (1 min later).

Isha time Durban

Isha in Durban today is at 19:24. Tomorrow it is at 19:25 (1 min later).

Jummah time Durban

Friday prayer (Jummah) replaces Dhuhr on Fridays. The calculated Dhuhr start in Durban this Friday is 11:42; the khutbah and congregation times are set by each masjid, so check with your local mosque.

Islamic prayer times in Durban across the year

Across 2026, Fajr in Durban moves between 03:12 and 05:27, and Maghrib between 17:03 and 19:01. The longest fasting day, dawn to sunset, is 15h 41m on 20 December; the shortest is 11h 38m on 21 June.

Earliest Fajr: 03:127 December
Latest Fajr: 05:2727 June
Earliest Maghrib: 17:035 June
Latest Maghrib: 19:013 January
Longest fasting day: 15h 41m20 December
Shortest fasting day: 11h 38m21 June
Qibla: 10.4° N5,779 km
Daylight saving: —Africa/Johannesburg

Durban does not change its clocks; times stay on Africa/Johannesburg all year. How times are calculated

Durban, the Sun and the clock

Durban is in KwaZulu-Natal and has about 3,300,000 people. Durban lies almost on the 30° E meridian that its time zone is based on, so the Sun is highest close to 12:00 on the clock, around 11:56 on average. Dhuhr begins just after that moment.

The Sun never stands straight overhead in Durban: at Dhuhr it climbs to about 84° above the horizon in December and only 37° in June, so noon shadows are much longer in June. Days in Durban range from 10h 13m in June to 14h 4m in December, a difference of 3h 51m, and Fajr, Maghrib and Isha shift with them. As Durban is in the southern hemisphere, its longest days come in December and January, and so do its longest fasts whenever Ramadan falls then.

Maghrib time Durban compared with nearby cities

Prayer times shift with longitude: about 4 minutes for every degree east or west. Here is how today's Fajr and Maghrib in nearby places compare with Durban, calculated with the same method.

Fajr and Maghrib near Durban, Friday, 16 October 2026
City	Distance	Fajr	Maghrib	Maghrib vs Durban
Durban	—	03:55	18:06	—
Pinetown	14 km	03:55	18:07	1 min later
Ntuzuma	15 km	03:55	18:07	1 min later
Folweni	26 km	03:55	18:07	1 min later
Tongaat	33 km	03:55	18:06	same time
Mpumalanga	38 km	03:56	18:08	2 min later
Ballitoville	40 km	03:54	18:05	1 min earlier
eMkhomazi	45 km	03:55	18:08	2 min later
Shakaskraal	49 km	03:55	18:05	1 min earlier
Scottburgh	55 km	03:55	18:08	2 min later
eMuziwezinto	62 km	03:55	18:08	2 min later

Muslim prayer times near Durban

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The Muslim community in Durban

The Juma Mosque on Grey Street, now Dr. Yusuf Dadoo Street, is the centre of Muslim Durban. In August 1881 Aboobaker Amod Jhaveri and Hajee Mohamed bought a site there for £115 and converted a small brick structure into a mosque. Adjoining land was bought in 1884 and 1889, and the first minaret was built in 1904 and the second in 1905. The mosque was rebuilt in 1927 to designs by Payne & Payne, with William Bruce Barboure contributing to the design in 1943, in what the article calls a unique blend of Islamic decoration and strong Union-period vernacular style. It holds 6,000 worshippers, or 7,000 for the Eid prayer, as in 2014.

Durban's Muslims largely descend from the Indians who came to Natal. Indentured labourers brought to the sugar fields from the 1860s included roughly 7% to 10% Muslims, and by 1911 a total of 152,641 Indians had reached the colony, followed by traders such as the two men who bought the Grey Street site. Most of the Indian community follows the Hanafi school, which is why this site shows the Hanafi Asr time first in KwaZulu-Natal.

For prayer times, Durban lies at 29.9 degrees south, so the seasons are the reverse of Europe's. On this site's calculation the fast from Fajr to Maghrib in Durban lasts about 11 and a half hours on 21 June and 15 and a half hours on 21 December. South Africa keeps one time zone, UTC+2, with no daylight saving, and Durban lies on the east coast, so its sun rises earlier than in Cape Town by the clock. Moon sighting is done locally and by councils, so neighbouring communities can begin Ramadan or Eid on different days, and each mosque sets its own congregation times.

Sources, checked 2026-10: Wikipedia: Juma Mosque, Durban; Wikipedia: Islam in South Africa.

Fajr, Maghrib and Isha time in Durban: common questions

What time is Fajr in Durban today?

Fajr in Durban today is at 03:55. Dawn prayer begins when the sun is 18° below the horizon under the Muslim World League method; sunrise follows at 05:17.

What time is Maghrib in Durban?

Maghrib in Durban today is at 18:06, at sunset. It is also the time the fast opens during Ramadan.

When is Isha in Durban?

Isha in Durban today begins at 19:24, when evening twilight ends.

What time is Jummah in Durban?

Jummah replaces Dhuhr on Friday. Dhuhr in Durban on Friday 16 October starts at 11:42; the congregation time is set by each mosque.

Can I download Durban prayer times as a PDF?

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