Compare Birmingham mosque start times with their jamaat columns
This calculator gives start times only. We reviewed the timetables of three Birmingham mosques, and each shows start and congregation times in separate columns. Use their own pages for attendance:
- Birmingham Central Mosque (Belgrave Middleway) publishes a monthly table with Begins and Jamat columns. Sunrise and Zawal appear as separate entries.
- Green Lane Masjid (20 Green Lane) shows Start and Jamat times and links to its full prayer timetable.
- Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif publishes a monthly Start and Jamat timetable. Before you rely on it, check that the month on screen is the current month.
Some timetables use a column called Azan or Adhan. That column gives the time of the call to prayer, which is not necessarily the time the prayer begins. Compare this calculator's results with a mosque's Begins or Start column only. Do not compare them with the Jamat column.
Calculated starts and Birmingham Central Mosque's published times,
| Prayer | This calculator (start) | Central Mosque Begins | Central Mosque Jamat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fajr | 05:12 | 05:42 | 06:15 |
| Isha | 18:22 | 18:04 | 18:45 |
Both sets of times use the Birmingham civil clock, which is GMT on this date. The calculator figures use the approximate city-centre point and these settings: Muslim World League 18°/17°, Standard Asr, the Angle-based Twilight rule, zero manual minutes and nearest-minute rounding. The mosque figures come from the Birmingham Central Mosque timetable as published for November 2026.
On this date the calculated Fajr is 30 minutes earlier than the mosque's Begins time, and the calculated Isha is 18 minutes later. The November 2026 timetable we reviewed does not state a complete calculation method or the reference point behind it. That means these gaps are not a correction you can apply to other dates, and they do not show that either timetable is wrong. The Jamat column is a separate event: the time the mosque sets for congregational prayer.
Checking your own mosque
- Open the current timetable of the mosque you attend and confirm that the month and date are correct.
- Find which column gives the start (Begins or Start) and which gives the congregation (Jamat or Jamaat).
- Compare our result with the start column only. If the mosque states its calculation settings or location, compare those as well.
- Compare several dates, including one winter date and one summer date. A single matching row does not reveal a mosque's method.
Friday prayer: on a Friday the calculator shows the Dhuhr start time. It does not show khutbah or Jumu'ah jamaat times, because each mosque sets those itself. Check your mosque's current page before you go.
The diagram below shows how a start time differs from a congregation time. It uses hypothetical times (13:00 and 13:20) that do not come from any Birmingham mosque.
Start time and congregation time
Hypothetical example
What the Muslim World League profile and the two Asr options calculate for Birmingham
Unless a shared link sets something different, the calculator opens with these settings:
- Profile: Muslim World League. Its target angles are 18° below the horizon for Fajr, before sunrise, and 17° for Isha, after sunset. The selected Twilight rule also affects whether an angle time is shown.
- Asr: Standard.
- Twilight rule: Angle-based.
- Manual adjustments: zero minutes in all six fields.
The profile adds one minute to Dhuhr itself, so that minute still applies when every manual field is zero. All times are rounded to the nearest minute. These are independent starting settings, not any Birmingham mosque's method, and you can change each one in the form. The calculation methods guide explains the profiles, Asr options and adjustments in full.
Standard and Hanafi Asr
The Asr control is separate from the profile. Changing it moves only the Asr time:
- Standard: Asr begins when an object's shadow equals the object's height plus its shadow at solar noon.
- Hanafi: Asr begins when the shadow equals twice the object's height plus its noon shadow.
Choose the option that matches the practice you follow. This page does not recommend either one.
For example, on the default Birmingham settings give a Standard Asr of 14:05. Switching to Hanafi moves Asr to 14:36. Fajr (06:07) and Isha (18:20) stay the same. The examples table below shows the full day for both options.
Reproducing the examples
The table below lists three dated Birmingham calculations. Select Load this example to put that date and those settings into the calculator so you can check the figures yourself. A loaded example stays on its fixed date. To return to today's date for the selected point, choose Today at this location.
After the table, a shadow slider uses a one-metre object to illustrate the two Asr shadow lengths. It is a teaching model, not a measurement taken in Birmingham. If you can reproduce a result that looks wrong, send the date, point and settings through the contact page.
| Example settings | Calculation date | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha | Load this example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January 2026 – Standard Asr | 15 Jan 2026 | Load this example | ||||||
| 21 June 2026 – Standard Asr | 21 Jun 2026 | Twilight rule limit | Twilight rule limit | Load this example | ||||
| 15 January 2026 – Hanafi Asr | 15 Jan 2026 | Load this example |
Scroll sideways to see all columns.
These are fixed dates, not today. All three examples use the approximate Birmingham city-centre point (52.4862, -1.8904) on the Europe/London clock (GMT in January, BST in June). They use Muslim World League target angles of 18° and 17°, the Angle-based Twilight rule and zero manual minutes. All use Standard Asr except the Hanafi example. The profile's built-in one-minute Dhuhr addition applies, and times are rounded to the nearest minute. On 21 June 2026, Fajr and Isha are labelled Twilight rule limit. In January, Fajr and Isha follow their angles. The other events follow the Sun's position.
Standard and Hanafi Asr shadows
- Standard: noon shadow + 1 height
- 1.25 m
- Hanafi: noon shadow + 2 heights
- 2.25 m
Short summer nights and a separate Ramadan planning range
On , with the default settings and the BST clock, the calculator gives Fajr at 02:35 and Isha at 23:36. Both rows carry the label Twilight rule limit. Sunrise at 04:44 and sunset at 21:34 still happen as usual.
Around midsummer the Sun does not go far enough below the horizon to reach the 18° Fajr or 17° Isha target angle, so twilight lasts through the short night. The selected Twilight rule (Angle-based here) therefore limits Fajr and angle-based Isha within the night from sunset to the following sunrise:
- If the angle is reached within that limit, the calculator keeps the angle time.
- If it is not, the calculator shows the limit time and labels the row.
The label tells you that a limit set the time instead of the angle. It does not name the rule on its own. For that, check the Twilight rule setting and Calculation details. The limit is a calculation convention, not an observation of the sky or a religious ruling. For the summer times your community uses, check the timetable of the mosque you follow.
When you compare Birmingham with another city, three separate factors can change the result: the location and date, the clock in use, and the chosen convention. The high-latitude guide covers Twilight rules in more detail, and why prayer times differ covers the other causes. The twilight diagram below shows schematic winter, summer and polar cases. The polar case is a general illustration, not Birmingham's situation.
Planning Ramadan with the Ramadan timetable
- Under the daily result, select Ramadan timetable.
- Set First fasting day to the Gregorian date of the first daytime fast announced by the mosque or community you follow. Use the date of the fast itself, not the evening before.
- Set Length of Ramadan to 29 or 30 days. Update it when your community confirms the end of the month.
- Select Show timetable. You get one Fajr and Maghrib pair for each date, calculated with the current point, timezone and prayer settings. The dates, settings and any limited or unavailable markers stay visible. A row can be marked because of a limitation on another prayer that day, even when its Fajr and Maghrib look normal.
Fajr appears exactly as calculated, with no Imsak margin added. If you try the panel's sample dates, replace them with the dates your community announces.
You can share or print the range:
- Copy timetable link copies a web address that keeps the date range and settings. It does not copy the table itself. A link made from the Birmingham preset uses the city centre. A link made from a typed or device location contains those coordinates and the timezone, and anyone you send it to can read them. The link does not track movement.
- Print timetable opens your browser's print dialog. The printout includes the point, dates, timezone, settings and row markers. Your browser may offer Save as PDF as one of its options.
Twilight through the seasons
Illustration · not a city measurement
Use Birmingham's local clock when printing a month
Birmingham times are shown on the Europe/London clock. It runs on GMT (UTC+0) in winter and BST (UTC+1) in summer. According to GOV.UK, the clocks change on these dates:
UK clock changes, 2026 and 2027
| Year | Clocks go forward (to BST) | Clocks go back (to GMT) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||
| 2027 |
The calculator applies the correct offset for each selected date, so you do not need to add or remove an hour yourself.
In a printed March 2027 month, the rows from 28 March onward jump about an hour later on the clock. In October 2027, the rows from 31 October jump back. The jump is not exactly 60 minutes for every prayer, because the Sun's timing also shifts a little each day. The clock change alters only how times are displayed. It does not change the calculation convention.
Printing a month
- Check that the point is Birmingham and that Timezone for this location is Europe/London.
- Set the profile, Asr option, Twilight rule and any adjustments you want.
- Choose Monthly timetable and select the month.
- Select Print to open your browser's print dialog. Your browser may offer Save as PDF there.
If your device is outside the UK: while the Birmingham point and Europe/London are selected, Today at this location uses today's date in Birmingham, not the date on your device. Keep Europe/London for Birmingham results. Use your device's timezone only when you are calculating times for where you are.
Use your own Birmingham point and open its Qibla direction
The Birmingham preset (52.4862, -1.8904) is an approximate city-centre point. It was not chosen as any mosque's location, and it is not your home or workplace.
To calculate times for your own point:
- Select Use my location, or select Enter coordinates instead and type a latitude and longitude. Your device position is requested only when you select Use my location. Your browser may ask for permission, or it may use a permission you gave earlier. See the privacy page for how device location is handled.
- A new location clears the timezone. Select Europe/London again under Timezone for this location. It applies anywhere in Birmingham.
- Select Calculate times.
The calculator does not search by street address or postcode.
Two buttons take you back to the preset:
- Use Birmingham centre again moves back to the city-centre point and recalculates. It keeps any date you chose and your calculation settings.
- Reset goes further. It restores the city centre, the default settings (Muslim World League, Standard Asr, Angle-based, zero manual minutes) and today's date. It also clears the Ramadan dates and table.
The explanations and fixed examples on this page always describe central Birmingham, even when you calculate for another point. For somewhere outside Birmingham, use the general prayer-times calculator.
Qibla direction
The Birmingham Qibla page is the direction reference for the city centre. From there, the bearing is about 118.0° from true north and the distance to the Kaaba is about 4,952 km. That page has its own finder if you want to choose another point there. If you have already set your point here, Find Qibla in the calculator is quicker: it opens the Qibla direction for the point currently selected.