Egypt

Prayer Times — Cairo

Today's prayer times for Cairo, using the regional default method: Egyptian General Authority of Survey.

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Why do Fajr and Isha differ between methods? Each authority adopts a different solar angle. Below are today's results for Cairo across the five most widely adopted methods.

Follow the method your local mosque uses. The "angle" is how far the sun is below the horizon when the prayer time begins.

Asr: Standard vs Hanafi school

The majority (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) compute Asr when an object's shadow equals its own length; the Hanafi school waits until the shadow is twice the object's length. For Cairo today:

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How this is calculated

Method: Egyptian General Authority of Survey. Asr school: Standard (Shafi/Maliki/Hanbali). City center: 30.04442, 31.235712. Timezone: Africa/Cairo.

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