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#prayer times
Articles about prayer times from the Abdohoo.App Solutions blog and help centre.
Why offline prayer times matter, and what really works without signal
Prayer times come from the sun and a mosque's timetable, and neither needs a live connection once it's on your phone. A well-built app keeps times, alarms and the Qibla working when the signal drops.
Why Jumuʼah times differ from one mosque to the next
Jumuʼah is prayed in the time of Dhuhr, but each mosque sets its own Adhan, khutbah and Iqamah. Clock changes, khutbah length, space and local working hours explain most of the difference.
Salah Locator 1.2: add your mosque and see where times come from
Salah Locator 1.2 lets anyone add the mosque they attend, lets worshippers report a wrong prayer time for the mosque to confirm, and labels every timetable with where its times came from.
Suhoor and iftar times: a practical guide to timing your Ramadan fast
The fast runs from true dawn (Fajr) to sunset (Maghrib). Finish suhoor before your mosque's Sehri or Imsak time, break your fast at Maghrib, and follow your mosque.
Putting your mosque's prayer times online: a guide for committees
Publish both Adhan and Iqamah for every prayer and Jumuʼah, name two people to keep them current, update them the day they change, and re-confirm them every few months so worshippers can trust them.
How prayer times are calculated: Fajr angles, methods and Asr
Prayer times follow the sun where you are: Dhuhr after solar noon, Asr by shadow length, Maghrib at sunset, and Fajr and Isha at a set angle below the horizon.
Adhan vs Iqamah: what's the difference and why it matters
The Adhan is the call to prayer that marks the start of a prayer's time; the Iqamah is the second call, made as the congregation stands. To pray in congregation, go by the Iqamah time.
Add the Salah Locator prayer times widget to your home screen
Long-press your home screen, open Widgets, drag out Salah Locator's Prayer times widget, pick a mosque and a theme, and tap Add widget. It shows the next prayer and today's five times.
Use Salah Locator offline: what works without a connection
Mosque pages you've opened stay on your phone for up to 30 days, alarms are scheduled on the device and the Qibla finder works from GPS. Pray Now and new searches need a connection.
Read a mosque's timetable: Adhan, Iqaamah and estimated times
Adhan is the call to prayer; Iqaamah is when the congregation stands. A note under each timetable says whether the times come from the mosque, a correction or a calculation.
Add a mosque's prayer times or events to your calendar
On a mosque's web page, tap Add to calendar under Prayer Timings to download its daily Iqaamah times as a calendar file, or Add to calendar under an event. Download again when times change.