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Salah Times uses the Diyanet (Turkey) calculation method by default, which is method 15 of the Al-Adhan API. Different mosques and organisations use different calculation methodologies — for example, ISNA, MWL, or the Egyptian General Authority of Survey each produce slightly different Fajr and Isha times.

This can result in differences of a few minutes, which is normal. All methods are astronomically valid; they differ in which angle of solar depression is used for Fajr and Isha.

The app displays all five obligatory daily prayers (salah/namaz) in order:

• Fajr — dawn prayer, before sunrise
• Dhuhr — midday prayer
• Asr — afternoon prayer
• Maghrib — sunset prayer
• Isha — night prayer

Times are calculated for each day based on your GPS coordinates and change naturally with the seasons.

The Hijri date (also called the Islamic calendar date) is displayed below the Gregorian date at the top of the screen. It is the lunar calendar used across the Muslim world for determining Islamic events such as Ramadan, Eid, and Dhul Hijjah.

The Hijri date shown is sourced from the Al-Adhan API and aligned with the astronomical new moon calculation.

Yes, partially. The app caches prayer times for the current month on your device. If you lose internet connectivity after the cache has been built, prayer times will continue to display correctly.

If you open the app for the first time without a connection, or the cache has expired, the app will need internet access to fetch updated times.

This means the app could not access your GPS location. This happens for two reasons:

• Location permission denied — you declined the location request, or it was previously denied in your system settings.
• GPS timed out — your device couldn't get a GPS fix within 10 seconds (common indoors or in areas with poor signal).

London is used as a fallback so the app remains usable. A warning banner will appear at the bottom of the screen in either case.

Return to Salah Times and restart the app — your correct times will load.

Restart Salah Times and your local prayer times will load.

No. Your coordinates are only used to query the Al-Adhan prayer times API and are never stored on any server we control. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

If a red warning appears in the notification settings sheet, it means your device's system notifications for Salah Times have been disabled. To fix this:

• iPhone: Settings → Notifications → Salah Times → Allow Notifications ✓
• Android: Settings → Apps → Salah Times → Notifications → Allow ✓

You can also tap the red warning banner inside the app — it will take you directly to the correct settings screen.

Yes. Each of the five prayers (Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha) can be individually toggled in the notifications settings sheet. Enable the master toggle first, then select at least one timing option before you can enable individual prayers.

Salah Times pre-schedules notifications for the next 30 days based on your location's prayer calendar. This means notifications continue to fire reliably even if you don't open the app every day.

Notifications are rescheduled automatically when you open the app.

Salah Times features a live ambient sky that transitions through six visual states tied to the Islamic prayer periods:

• Isha Night — deep indigo with stars and a crescent moon
• Fajr Dawn — rose-gold sunrise blush
• Morning — bright blue with clouds
• Dhuhr Midday — bright gold with a high sun
• Asr Afternoon — warm amber
• Maghrib Twilight — coral dusk with the setting sun

The transition between states is gradual and continuous, not a sudden switch.