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16 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1447 AH
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Karbala

Prayer Times in Karbala

May 2, 202616 Dhu al-Qi'dah, 1447
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Asr
03:42 PM
01:38:20
Fajr
03:45 AM
Sunrise
05:17 AM
Dhuhr
12:01 PM
Maghrib
06:45 PM
Isha
08:17 PM

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Imsak
03:35
Midnight
00:01
Last third
01:46
Qibla
Qibla bearing: 199.5° from North (roughly SSW). 1,312 km to Makkah.

Accurate Karbala Prayer Times, Iraq

Get precise prayer times in Karbala, Iraq, Iraq, calculated using the Dubai (experimental per Aladhan) method with Standard (Shafi, Hanbali, Maliki) juristic calculation for Asr. Today's Fajr begins at 03:45 and Isha at 20:17. The fasting duration from Fajr to Maghrib is 15 hours 0 minutes.

Timezone & Coordinates

Karbala is located in the Asia/Baghdad timezone (UTC +03:00), at latitude 32.6160 and longitude 44.0249. eSalah automatically adjusts for Daylight Saving Time.

Karbala is among the most venerated cities in the Twelver Shia tradition, the site where the Prophet's grandson Husayn ibn Ali and most of his family and companions were killed in the battle of 10 Muharram 61 AH / 680 CE — the foundational event commemorated each year as Ashura. The city is dominated by two great shrine complexes: the Imam Husayn Shrine, marking his tomb, and the Shrine of al-Abbas, his half-brother and standard-bearer; both have been rebuilt and elaborated repeatedly since the early Abbasid period and bear gilded domes, minarets, and intricate mirror-work characteristic of late Safavid and Qajar shrine architecture. The annual Arbain pilgrimage, forty days after Ashura, draws over fifteen million pilgrims walking from Najaf to Karbala, making it one of the largest peaceful gatherings in the world. Karbala remains a center of Shia jurisprudence, mourning rituals, and seminary learning that shape devotional life across the Twelver world.