Prayer Time Peshawar: Today Namaz Timings, Full Timetable 2026
You can get lists the Peshawar namaz timings for today, covering Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha, plus the azan time Peshawar mosques follow. You also get a full Peshawar prayer timetable for the week and the month, the correct Salah time Peshawar schedule based on the Karachi method, and easy answers on Hanafi Asr, Jummah and Zawal. Prayer time Peshawar shifts a little every day with the sun, so check back each morning.
Prayer Times — Peshawar
Peshawar, Pakistan
The Five Daily Prayers and Their Windows
Every prayer has a start time and an end time. Missing the start is fine. Missing the end means the prayer becomes qaza, which is a missed prayer that must be made up later.
This is the part most timetables leave out, and it is honestly the most useful part to understand.
Fajr Time Peshawar
Fajr begins at Subh Sadiq, the moment true dawn appears on the eastern horizon. The sky is still dark. The sun is nowhere in sight. It ends the instant the sun peeks over the horizon.
On 18 August the Fajr window in Peshawar runs from 4:07 AM to 5:37 AM. That gives you one hour and thirty minutes. In late June the same window opens as early as 3:18 AM, and in the second week of January it does not open until about 5:51 AM.
Most timetables show the Fajr azan time Peshawar mosques use. The azan is called at the start, so treat it as your alarm and not as your deadline.
Zuhr Time Peshawar
Zuhr, also spelled Dhuhr, begins once the sun has crossed its highest point and started to lean west. The noon prayer time in Peshawar usually falls between 11:58 AM and 12:28 PM depending on the month.
There is a short period right before Zuhr called zawal. During zawal the sun sits directly overhead and prayer is disliked. Once the sun tilts even slightly, zawal ends and Zuhr begins. This is why the Zuhr azan is called a minute or two after true solar noon rather than exactly at it.
Asr Time Peshawar
Asr is the afternoon prayer, and it is the one prayer where two valid opinions produce two different clock times. We cover that in full below, because it matters a great deal in Peshawar.
Asr runs until sunset. Praying it very close to sunset is allowed but discouraged, so the earlier part of the window is better.
Maghrib Time Peshawar
Maghrib begins the second the sun disappears fully below the horizon. It is the shortest window of the five. It closes when the white glow in the western sky fades away and Isha begins.
Because Maghrib is tied directly to sunset, the sunset prayer time in Peshawar swings more than two hours across the year. The earliest Maghrib lands around 5:04 PM in early December. The latest reaches 7:29 PM at the end of June.
Maghrib is also the iftar moment during Ramadan. When the Maghrib azan sounds, the fast is broken.
Isha Time Peshawar
Isha starts once the twilight has completely gone and the sky is properly dark. Technically the window lasts until Subh Sadiq the next morning, but scholars encourage praying it before the night is half over.
The night prayer time in Peshawar ranges from about 6:33 PM in early December to 9:13 PM in late June. That is a swing of more than two and a half hours.
How Prayer Time Peshawar Is Calculated
This section is the reason you can trust the numbers on this page, so it is worth two minutes of reading.
Prayer times are not decided by a committee. They are astronomy. Every timing depends on where the sun is relative to your exact spot on the earth.
Four inputs go into the calculation:
The first is your coordinates. Peshawar sits at 34.0144 north and 71.5675 east. Latitude controls how steeply the sun climbs and drops, which controls how long twilight lasts.
The second is the date, because the tilt of the earth changes the angle of the sun through the year.
The third is the time zone, which for Peshawar is UTC +5 with no seasonal adjustment.
The fourth is the calculation convention, and this is where different websites start to disagree.
The Karachi Method
Pakistan overwhelmingly follows the convention set by the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi. It places Fajr at 18 degrees of sun depression below the horizon and Isha at 18 degrees as well. A neat, symmetrical 18 and 18. It is the same convention behind our prayer time Rawalpindi page.
Other regions use other angles. The Muslim World League uses 18 for Fajr and 17 for Isha. The Egyptian General Authority of Survey uses 19.5 and 17.5. Umm al-Qura in Makkah uses an angle for Fajr and then a fixed 90 minutes after Maghrib for Isha. The Islamic Society of North America uses 15 and 15.
None of these are wrong. They come from different scholarly readings of when dawn truly breaks and when twilight truly ends. But the choice has real consequences: research published by the Fiqh Council of North America notes that in one American city, using a 20 degree angle produced a Fajr time of 4:01 AM while a 12 degree angle produced 4:49 AM. Almost a full hour apart, in the same city, on the same night.
For Peshawar the Karachi 18 and 18 standard is the right default. It is what local mosques follow and what the Auqaf department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aligns with.
How the figures on this page were produced. Every time in this guide was calculated from standard solar position formulas using the Karachi 18 and 18 convention, the Hanafi shadow rule for Asr, and the coordinates listed above. We then cross checked the results against published Peshawar schedules from IslamicFinder, Muslim Pro and Urdu Point. On 18 August 2026 our Fajr matched IslamicFinder exactly at 4:07 AM, our Isha matched exactly at 8:29 PM, and Dhuhr and Maghrib each landed within one minute. That agreement is the reason we are comfortable publishing these tables.
Hanafi Asr Time Peshawar Versus Shafi Asr Time
If you have ever stood outside a mosque wondering why Asr already finished when your phone said it had not started, this is your answer.
All four Sunni schools agree Asr begins when shadows lengthen after midday. They measure the shadow differently.
The Shafi position, shared by the Maliki and Hanbali schools, is that Asr begins when the shadow of an upright object equals the height of that object, not counting the small shadow present at solar noon.
The Hanafi position is that Asr begins later, when the shadow reaches twice the height of the object.
The Hanafi school is the majority in Peshawar and across Pakistan, so most local mosques and most Pakistani timetables show the Hanafi Asr time.
Here is how far apart the two actually sit in Peshawar through the year. We calculated both for the 15th of every month:
| Month (15th) | Shafi Asr | Hanafi Asr | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3:08 PM | 3:49 PM | 41 minutes |
| February | 3:33 PM | 4:18 PM | 45 minutes |
| March | 3:47 PM | 4:38 PM | 51 minutes |
| April | 3:52 PM | 4:53 PM | 60 minutes |
| May | 3:54 PM | 5:04 PM | 70 minutes |
| June | 3:59 PM | 5:15 PM | 76 minutes |
| July | 4:05 PM | 5:18 PM | 73 minutes |
| August | 4:00 PM | 5:05 PM | 65 minutes |
| September | 3:40 PM | 4:35 PM | 55 minutes |
| October | 3:13 PM | 4:01 PM | 48 minutes |
| November | 2:50 PM | 3:33 PM | 43 minutes |
| December | 2:48 PM | 3:28 PM | 40 minutes |
Read that June row again. Seventy six minutes. In mid summer the two Asr times in Peshawar are more than an hour apart, and in December they narrow to forty minutes.
So if your prayer app shows Asr at 4:00 PM but your neighbourhood mosque calls the azan at 5:05 PM, nobody is mistaken. Your app is simply set to the Shafi rule. Open the settings, find the section usually labelled juristic method or Asr calculation, and switch it to Hanafi. The mismatch disappears.
Sunrise and Sunset Time in Peshawar
Sunrise matters for two reasons. It closes the Fajr window, and it opens the window for Ishraq, the voluntary prayer offered roughly fifteen to twenty minutes after the sun has risen and lifted clear of the horizon.
Sunset matters because it is Maghrib. There is no gap and no waiting, which makes sunset the single easiest prayer time in Peshawar to be sure about.
Across the year, sunrise in Peshawar ranges from about 5:02 AM in mid June to about 7:20 AM in early January. Sunset ranges from about 5:04 PM in December to about 7:29 PM in late June.
There are three short periods when prayer is disliked: while the sun is actually rising, while it sits directly overhead at zawal, and while it is in the act of setting. Ordinary daily prayers are not offered in those minutes.
Jummah Prayer Time in Peshawar
On Friday, Jummah replaces the Zuhr prayer for men who are able to attend the congregation. It is not an addition to Zuhr. It takes its place.
The Jummah window opens at the same moment Zuhr would open, so on most Fridays in Peshawar that is between roughly 11:58 AM and 12:28 PM depending on the season.
Actual congregation times vary from mosque to mosque, and this is the one timing you should never take from a website alone. Larger mosques run later to let people arrive from work. Smaller neighbourhood mosques often start sooner. The khutbah, which is the sermon, comes before the prayer and typically adds twenty to thirty minutes.
Peshawar has a strong Friday culture built around historic mosques. The Mahabat Khan Mosque in Andar Shehr, completed in the 1660s under Mughal rule, still fills its courtyard every week. The Qasim Ali Khan Mosque in Qissa Khwani Bazaar carries particular weight in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, since its khateeb has traditionally made the announcements that many residents of the province follow for the start and end of Ramadan.
Zawal Time in Peshawar
Zawal is the short stretch when the sun reaches its peak and sits directly overhead. Prayer is disliked during it.
Zawal ends and Zuhr begins the moment the sun starts to lean toward the west. Because zawal closes right as Zuhr opens, you do not need to calculate it separately. Simply wait for the Zuhr azan, and zawal has already passed.
Practically speaking, if you want to pray a voluntary prayer near midday, finish it a good ten or fifteen minutes before the Zuhr azan, or wait until after it. No Islamic prayer timetable needs a separate zawal column for this reason.
Sehri and Iftar Times in Peshawar
During Ramadan the two times that matter most are tied directly to prayers you already know.
Sehri ends when the Fajr azan is called. Once Fajr begins, eating and drinking stop.
Iftar begins the moment the Maghrib azan is called. Not a minute before.
This is why the fasting day in Peshawar stretches so differently across the years. A Ramadan falling in June brings a fast of over sixteen hours. A Ramadan in December brings one closer to eleven and a half hours. The Islamic calendar moves back roughly eleven days each solar year, so the fasting length shifts gradually through the seasons over time.
Many families keep a printed Ramadan chart of daily prayer times Peshawar households can hang in the kitchen. That works well, but check the sehri time each night rather than each week, because during Ramadan seasons near an equinox Fajr can shift more than a minute per day.
Final Word
Peshawar is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in South Asia, and the rhythm of five daily prayers has shaped its days for centuries. The white domes of Mahabat Khan Mosque have marked those hours since the 1600s.
What changes is only the clock. The sun keeps moving, so the numbers keep moving with it. Knowing prayer time Peshawar accurately is not about complicated astronomy. It comes down to three simple habits: set your app to the Karachi method with the Hanafi Asr rule, learn the end times as well as the start times, and check the daily schedule rather than trusting a chart from last month.
Bookmark this page for the daily timetable, and use the tables here whenever you want to understand the reasoning behind the numbers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the prayer time in Peshawar today?
On 18 August 2026 the prayer time Peshawar schedule was Fajr 4:07 AM, Dhuhr 12:19 PM, Asr 5:03 PM (Hanafi), Maghrib 6:58 PM and Isha 8:29 PM. Because the times move daily, check the live timetable at the top of this page for the current day.
What is the next prayer time in Peshawar?
Compare the current clock against the daily schedule above. Whichever start time comes next is the next prayer time Peshawar residents are waiting on. The live schedule on this page also highlights it automatically.
What is the Fajr time in Peshawar today?
Around mid August, Fajr in Peshawar falls near 4:07 AM and closes at sunrise around 5:37 AM. Across the year Fajr ranges from roughly 3:18 AM in mid June to 5:51 AM in early January.
Why is the Asr time in Peshawar different on different apps?
Almost always the juristic setting. The Hanafi rule places Asr later than the Shafi rule, by forty minutes in December and up to seventy six minutes in June. Most Peshawar mosques follow the Hanafi timing.
Which calculation method should I use for Peshawar?
The University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi method, with Fajr and Isha both at 18 degrees, combined with the Hanafi Asr rule. That combination matches local mosque practice.