prayertiming · · ·

A Muslim prayer times calculation library based on coordinates.

Installation

$ npm i prayertiming

Usage

const { getByDay, getByMonth } = require('prayertiming');

or

import { getByDay, getByMonth } from 'prayertiming';

const date = new Date('2021-04-24T05:16:54.442Z');

getByDay({
  date,
  long: 90.38,
  lat: 23.75,
  method: 'Karachi',
  timeFormat: '12h',
}); // returns and object

getByMonth({
  month: 3,
  year: 2021,
  long: 90.38,
  lat: 23.75,
  method: 'Karachi',
  timeFormat: '12h',
}); // returns an array of object

Methods

getByDay

This method takes latitude, longitude, date and some other configs and returns an object containing the prayer times.

inputs

Parameter	Type	Description
date	JavaScript date object	A valid JavaScript date object. [default new Date()]
lat	Number	Latitude
long	Number	Longitude
timezone	Number	[default collects from system]
dst	Number	Daylight savings time [default collects from system]
elv	Number	Elevation [default 0]
timeFormat	String	'24h' or '12h' format [default 24h]
method	String	Calculation method [default MWL]
config	Object	Custom calculation configuration [default {}]

output

{
  date: '2021-04-24T05:16:54.442Z',
  method: 'Karachi',
  imsak: '4:01 am',
  fajr: '4:11 am',
  sunrise: '5:30 am',
  dhuhr: '11:57 am',
  asr: '3:23 pm',
  asrHanafi: '4:31 pm',
  sunset: '6:24 pm',
  maghrib: '6:24 pm',
  isha: '7:43 pm',
  midnight: '11:57 pm',
}

getByMonth

This method takes latitude, longitude, month, year and some other configs and returns an array of object containing the prayer times.

inputs

Parameter	Type	Description
month	Number	JavaScript month number from 0 to 11 [default new Date().getMonth()]
year	Number	Valid year value [default new Date().getFullYear()]
lat	Number	Latitude
long	Number	Longitude
timezone	Number	[default collects from system]
dst	Number	Daylight savings time [default collects from system]
elv	Number	Elevation [default 0]
timeFormat	String	'24h' or '12h' format [default 24h]
method	String	Calculation method [default MWL]
config	Object	Custom calculation configuration [default {}]

output

[
  {
    date: '2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z',
    method: 'Karachi',
    imsak: '4:25 am',
    fajr: '4:35 am',
    sunrise: '5:51 am',
    dhuhr: '12:02 pm',
    asr: '3:30 pm',
    asrHanafi: '4:30 pm',
    sunset: '6:14 pm',
    maghrib: '6:14 pm',
    isha: '7:30 pm',
    midnight: '12:03 am',
  },
  {
    date: '2021-04-02T00:00:00.000Z',
    method: 'Karachi',
    imsak: '4:24 am',
    fajr: '4:34 am',
    sunrise: '5:50 am',
    dhuhr: '12:02 pm',
    asr: '3:29 pm',
    asrHanafi: '4:30 pm',
    sunset: '6:15 pm',
    maghrib: '6:15 pm',
    isha: '7:31 pm',
    midnight: '12:02 am',
  },
  ...
  ...
]

config

Parameter	Type	Description
imsak	String	Time difference between fajr and suhoor [default 10 min]
dhuhr	String	Time difference between midday and dhuhr [default 0 min]
maghrib	String	Time difference between sunset and maghrib [default 0 min]
midnight	String	Midnight calculation method (Standard or Jafari) [default Standard]
highLats	String	Night portion calculation method (AngleBased, OneSeventh or NightMiddle) [default NightMiddle]

Calculation Methods

Name	Authority	Config
Egypt	Egyptian General Authority of Survey	fajr: 19.5, isha: 17.5
ISNA	Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)	fajr: 15, isha: 15
Jafari	Shia Ithna-Ashari, Leva Institute, Qum	fajr: 16, isha: 14, maghrib: 4, midnight: 'Jafari'
JAKIM	Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia	fajr: 20, isha: 18
Karachi	University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi	fajr: 18, isha: 18
Makkah	Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah	fajr: 18.5, isha: '90 min'
MF	Muslims of France (MF)	fajr: 12, isha: 12
MWL	Muslim World League	fajr: 18, isha: 17
Tehran	Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran	fajr: 17.7, isha: 14, maghrib: 4.5, midnight: 'Jafari'

• For Makkah fajr was 19 degrees before 1430 hijri