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Prayer times in Nahavand
Muslims living in Nahavand can use this page to check when each prayer begins today. Nahavand is a city in Iran, in Hamadan Province, with about 76,250 inhabitants. The timetable is calculated from the position of the sun for this exact location and checked against the AlAdhan service, and you can change the calculation method or the Asr school in the settings.
Adhan times in Nahavand today
- Fajr
- Sunrise
- Dhuhr
- Asr
- Maghrib
- Isha
Calculation settings
Calculated with the Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran method.
Prayer calendar for Nahavand
| Day | Hijri | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Summer and winter prayer times in Nahavand
It is useful to know how prayer times in Nahavand move with the seasons. Fajr varies between 3:22 AM on 21 June and 5:50 AM on 21 December, a shift of 2 h 28 min, while Maghrib moves between 5:30 PM and 7:52 PM. Daylight reaches 14 h 26 min around the summer solstice and falls to 9 h 52 min in the winter solstice. These figures help to plan your day, your travel and your work around the prayers.
| Day | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 MarchSpring equinox | 4:59 AM | 6:21 AM | 12:24 PM | 3:51 PM | 6:46 PM | 7:32 PM |
| 21 JuneSummer solstice | 3:22 AM | 5:05 AM | 12:18 PM | 4:04 PM | 7:52 PM | 8:50 PM |
| 23 SeptemberAutumn equinox | 4:43 AM | 6:05 AM | 12:09 PM | 3:36 PM | 6:30 PM | 7:17 PM |
| 21 DecemberWinter solstice | 5:50 AM | 7:18 AM | 12:14 PM | 2:53 PM | 5:30 PM | 6:20 PM |
Compared with Tehran, Dhuhr in Nahavand comes about 12 minutes later than in Tehran, and on the 21 June Maghrib is called 7 minutes later than in the capital. Nahavand is 324 km from the capital, towards the south-west. For this reason we calculate every city with its own coordinates rather than using one timetable for the whole country.
Qibla in Nahavand and distance to Makkah
From Nahavand you pray towards the south-west, at an angle of 212.7° from true north; the Kaaba is 1,648 km away. We computed this angle with spherical trigonometry from the coordinates of Nahavand and those of the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Remember that a compass points to magnetic north, which can differ by a few degrees from true north.
Ramadan timetable for Nahavand
Ramadan 1448 AH is expected to begin around 8 February 2027, subject to the sighting of the crescent. On the first day, imsak in Nahavand is around 5:35 AM and iftar at 6:12 PM, for a fast of 12 h 26 min. At the end of the month (9 March 2027) imsak is around 5:04 AM and iftar to 6:37 PM, so the fast lasts 13 h 23 min. The full Ramadan calendar appears in the monthly table on this page when the month arrives.
About Nahavand
Nahavand is located at 34.1909° N, 48.3745° E, in Hamadan Province, in Iran. The nearest administrative centre is Aleshtar, 38 km away. Close by you will find Aleshtar (38 km), Nūrābād (39 km), and Tūyserkān (41 km). We apply these coordinates directly to calculate the prayer times and the Qibla, taken from the open GeoNames database.
- Name
- Nahavand
- Local name
- Nahāvand
- Type
- City
- Part of
- Hamadan Province, Iran
- Population
- 76,250
- Coordinates
- 34.19088, 48.37446
- Time zone
- UTC+3:30
- Calculation method
- Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran
- Qibla direction
- 212.7° (south-west)
- Distance to Makkah
- 1,648 km
Friday prayer and Asr time in Nahavand
The default timetable uses the majority opinion (Shafi‘i, Maliki and Hanbali) for Asr. With the Hanafi method, Asr in Nahavand comes about 76 minutes later around the summer solstice (5:20 PM instead of 4:04 PM). Jumu‘ah is prayed at Dhuhr time, about 12:24 PM around the spring equinox, with small changes over the year.
If you are travelling to Nahavand, check the times here before you arrive and use the list of nearby cities to see the prayer times along your route.
Nearby cities to Nahavand
Prayer times in Nahavand: questions and answers
Do prayer times in Nahavand differ from Tehran?
Yes. Nahavand is 324 km from Tehran, towards the south-west, and Dhuhr in Nahavand comes roughly 12 minutes later than in Tehran.
When is Fajr in Nahavand?
Fajr in Nahavand changes with the seasons: about 3:22 AM on 21 June and about 5:50 AM on 21 December. Today’s exact time is shown at the top of this page.
When is Maghrib in Nahavand?
Maghrib is at sunset: between 5:30 PM on 21 December and 7:52 PM on 21 June. Today’s time is in the card above.
How long is the fast in Nahavand during Ramadan?
Roughly 12 h 26 min at the start of Ramadan 1448 AH and 13 h 23 min at its end, according to astronomical calculation.
What is the Qibla direction in Nahavand?
The Qibla in Nahavand is 212.7° from true north, towards the south-west. The Kaaba in Makkah is 1,648 km away.