Prayer Times in Murmansk
6 августа 2026 / 23 сафара 1448 г. х.
Monthly schedule
Murmansk prayer times overview
The Murmansk page shows prayer times calculated taking into account local time and geographic location. This is especially important for Fajr, Maghrib and Isha.
Local time is applied for Murmansk: the city's time zone is Same as Moscow time (MSK). This affects all prayers — from the morning Fajr to the night Isha.
Murmansk geographic location is 68.9585°N, 33.0827°E. These coordinates are important for calculating prayer times, since prayers are tied to the movement of the sun. Such a latitude requires special attention when calculating Fajr and Isha during periods of very bright nights or polar phenomena.
Murmansk prayer times should be compared with another city carefully: a small difference in coordinates can change the start of a prayer by several minutes. For high latitudes, special rules for adjusting the calculation are applied when necessary.
According to today's schedule for Murmansk, the sun rises at 03:12, while the Maghrib time begins at 22:32. 19 часов 20 минут passes between these events. This is a very long daylight day: it is especially important to monitor the Isha and Fajr times carefully.
3 часа 26 минут passes between the evening Maghrib prayer at 22:32 and the morning Fajr at 01:58. For Murmansk this is an important reference for planning night prayers. The night is very short, so the time for Isha, Witr and suhur is limited.
In summer in Murmansk, due to the high latitude, a very long daylight day may be observed, while for some prayers a calculation adjustment is applied.
The high latitude of Murmansk affects the prayer schedule more strongly than in most cities of Russia. In summer and winter there may be peculiarities of the light regime here, so the Fajr and Isha times require especially careful checking.
If you plan your day around the Murmansk prayer schedule, pay attention first of all to Fajr, Maghrib and Isha. Fajr in 01:58 helps to define the morning reference, Maghrib in 22:32 the time of the evening prayer and iftar, and Isha in 23:42 the start of the night prayer.
The SAM RF method is applied when calculating the schedule for Murmansk, while the Asr time is determined according to the Hanafi madhhab. This allows the schedule to be used as a daily reference for the obligatory prayers.
Today's key reference points
- Fajr — 01:58: the start of the morning prayer time and an important reference for ending suhur.
- Sunrise — 03:12: after sunrise the Fajr time ends.
- Dhuhr — 12:54: the time of the midday prayer.
- Asr — 18:39: the afternoon prayer calculated according to the Hanafi madhhab.
- Maghrib — 22:32: the evening prayer, and also a reference for iftar during Ramadan.
- Isha — 23:42: the night prayer.
Questions about prayer times in Murmansk
Prayer times are determined by the sun's altitude above the horizon, which is unique for every geographic point. The calculation is affected by latitude, longitude and the established time zone. For this reason, even cities located in the same region have different values for Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. The more a city is shifted to the north or south, the more the daylight length, and with it the prayer moments, differ.
Prayer times in Murmansk are updated daily. This is related to the constant shifting of the sunrise and sunset moments following the Earth's orbit around the sun. The changes are especially noticeable during the transitional seasons — spring and autumn — when the day length changes fastest, sometimes by several minutes per day. For the schedule to remain accurate, it should be checked daily, not once a week.
Of course. To end suhur, use the Fajr time (01:58) as a reference — the pre-dawn meal must be completed before it begins. The start of iftar coincides with the Maghrib time (22:32): the fast can be broken as soon as the sun sets below the horizon. Since prayer times shift daily during Ramadan, we recommend checking the schedule daily so as not to be off even by a minute.
Because Murmansk is located far from the equator, white nights or conditions close to them are observed here in summer, and a very short day in winter. Under such a position of the sun, the classical calculation of Fajr and Isha no longer gives a correct result: twilight may last all night. So that believers can perform the prayer with confidence, the high-latitude adjustment method recommended by Islamic calculation centres is applied.