The tools and supporting guidance
The finder calculates an initial great-circle bearing and estimated surface distance from selected coordinates to a published reference point at the Kaaba. The methodology explains the coordinates, spherical and magnetic models, and safeguards. Guides and city pages help you interpret the result.
A city preset or downloadable city card describes a fixed reference point, not your exact position. Optional live headings come from your device and browser. Interactive examples with simulated headings illustrate the method rather than measure which way you face.
The prayer-times tool and its city pages estimate the start of five daily prayers, with Sunrise shown as a solar marker rather than a prayer time. Results apply to the selected point, the current local date or a chosen date from 2020 to 2035, and the selected time zone. The calculation profile, Asr calculation, twilight rule and type, any custom Isha setting and minute adjustments are editable conventions. Each city page states the settings it starts from. Those starting settings are not a mosque’s adopted policy, and a city page does not reproduce a mosque’s or community’s published timetable. For example, the London page does not reproduce the London Unified Prayer Timetable.
The optional Ramadan range shows prayer times for 29 or 30 days from a Gregorian first fasting date that you enter. The tool does not determine or confirm when Ramadan begins in your community, and it does not automatically apply a 120-minute Isha interval.
The Islamic calendar and the Hijri date converter calculate dates with the method you select: the Umm al-Qura table or the arithmetic Islamic civil calendar. They work with Gregorian dates from 1 January 1900 to 31 December 2100, so a Hijri month at either end of that range may be shown only in part. Today’s date comes from your device’s time zone and civil calendar date and does not change at local sunset. A calculated date does not confirm a sighted crescent, an announced start of Ramadan or Eid, or a religious ruling, and it may differ from the date your community follows.
A mosque’s timetable can differ from these calculated starts. Published schedules may list an adhan time, a prayer start or an iqamah time, and may follow their own method, rounding or fixed times. The tool has no live feed of any mosque schedule; where a page links to a mosque’s official page, that page is the source for its current schedule. A separately labelled historical viewer shows timetables published by specific mosques only for 1 June to 30 September 2026, as captured on 31 October 2026. It is a dated archive, not a current schedule, and it is not used to infer any mosque’s method.
The site provides calculated information, not a religious ruling, an announcement of Islamic dates, a professional survey, certification of a prayer space or a congregation’s prayer timetable. Seek qualified local guidance for those decisions. Do not use this tool for emergency navigation or a situation requiring a certified navigation system.
Check the inputs and device limitations
Choose the correct place and check decimal coordinates, including their north/south and east/west signs. Recalculate after changing location. The displayed bearing is measured from true north; applying it with a magnetic compass requires understanding that compass’s north setting. Follow the practical how-to guide.
For prayer times, check the date, the time zone and the settings shown before relying on a result or printing a monthly timetable. A manual or device point needs its time zone confirmed. Results are calculated starts for the selected point, not a mosque’s schedule. The selected twilight rule sets a limit for Fajr and for angle-based Isha, for example where twilight does not end normally. A fixed-interval Isha, or a custom Isha interval during its active date window, is set separately and is not limited by that rule. The Moonsighting profile applies its own seasonal limits instead. A twilight-rule limit needs both the sunset and the next sunrise, while a fixed-interval Isha needs sunset but not the next sunrise. Where a sunrise or sunset that a particular time requires does not occur, as can happen at high latitudes, or where a time cannot otherwise be resolved, these rules do not create that time. The affected row is shown as unavailable, and other rows may still appear. The high-latitude guide explains the options. Calculation details list the profile, angles, Asr calculation, twilight policy, rounding, minute offsets and any custom Isha setting. A criterion label beside a prayer row shows when something other than the ordinary angle or solar calculation set that time, and a date badge marks a time that falls on the next day.
For a Ramadan timetable, check that the first fasting date and the 29- or 30-day length you entered match the announcement your community follows. For a Hijri date, check the date entered, the conversion direction and the selected method, and compare results only when they use the same method.
Location fixes can be approximate. Phone headings can be unavailable or affected by permission settings, interference and the phone’s position. A stable numeric angle does not certify physical alignment. Read the tool’s status messages and use the troubleshooting steps when a heading is unavailable or inconsistent.
Features depend on JavaScript, browser support and, where required, a network connection. The site and external services may be interrupted or changed. When a usable heading or map background is unavailable, you can still calculate a numeric bearing from valid coordinates if the calculator has loaded and can run.
Permissions, sharing and responsible use
You choose whether to request device location, enable the live compass, remember a point or open the external map. The privacy notice explains the information used and what each choice changes. Check a link before sharing it: depending on the tool, it can contain a place, a date, a Ramadan range, a calendar method or calculation settings. Respect other people’s privacy.
Use the public controls for their intended purpose. Do not disrupt the service, bypass access controls, submit abusive messages or overload this site or its providers. Keep map attribution visible and follow the provider’s conditions when reproducing map material.
Maps, contact services and external links
The optional map uses OpenStreetMap tiles under its tile usage policy and applicable OpenStreetMap terms. Do not bulk-download or prefetch tiles through this service. Map availability is controlled by the provider.
Map services and linked websites operate under their own terms and privacy policies. References to them do not imply endorsement.
Questions, corrections and updated terms
For a technical problem, record the selected point, displayed result and steps that produced it. For a prayer time, also note the date, time zone, settings and any published timetable you compared. For a Hijri date, note the date entered, the conversion direction and the method. Send a correction or report using the form on the contact and issue-report page. Include only the personal information needed to explain the issue.
These terms may be updated as the service changes. Review the current page when using a new feature. Nothing here is intended to exclude rights that apply under relevant law.
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