Why prayer times differ between apps and mosques
Two apps can show different times for the same prayer in the same city. Usually neither is broken: they use a different calculation method.
What stays the same, and what changes
Dhuhr and Maghrib follow the sun's position, so methods mostly agree on them. Fajr and Isha depend on twilight, when the sun is a certain angle below the horizon, and methods choose different angles. Asr also differs by school: the Hanafi time is later than the standard one.
A real example
These are the times for Almere, the Netherlands, on 8 November 2026, from the public Aladhan calculation service:
| Method | Fajr | Isha |
|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 05:43 | 18:48 |
| Muslim World League | 05:50 | 18:48 |
| Karachi | 05:50 | 18:55 |
| Moonsighting Committee | 06:09 | 18:26 |
| ISNA | 06:10 | 18:35 |
| France (UOIF) | 06:30 | 18:15 |
That's 47 minutes between the earliest and latest Fajr. Far from the equator the gaps change with the seasons, and in summer true twilight may not happen at all, so methods also need rules for high latitudes.
Which one should you use?
For a question of practice, ask your local mosque or a scholar you trust, and follow what your community uses. An app can only do the sums.
Prayer times in AkhiBrowser
AkhiBrowser works out prayer times on your device from the city you choose, without using your location. It picks a method from the country, and you can change the method and the Asr time in its options.