Namaz Vakitleri - Prayer times & calculations

INTRODUCTION

Namaz Vakitleri provides reliable prayer times for every city and district in Turkey, calculated according to both the 1334 (1916) İlmiyye Salnamesi calendar (established by Ottoman scholars) and the “Türkiye Mahsûs Evkât-ı Şer’iyye” methods drawn from a 1958 Kandilli Observatory publication. Once you select a city or district, a full year of prayer schedules is downloaded to your device, so you can view times even without an internet connection. 

The prayer timings provided in our application are derived from the calendar designated as 1334 [AD 1916] (İlmiyye sâl nâmesi), which was compiled by esteemed Ottoman scholars (Meşîhat-i İslâmiyye), along with the calendar from 1958, identified as number 14, from Istanbul University Kandilli Observatory (Türkiye Mahsûs Evkât). The calculations follow methodologies outlined in the book (Şer'iyye).

--Upon installation of our application, users can select a City or District, and the prayer times for a full year corresponding to the chosen location will be downloaded onto their device.

FEATURES

--Dual Historical Calendar Basis

Uses both the Ottoman-era İlmiyye Salnamesi (1334 / 1916) and the Kandilli Observatory’s 1958 calendar (Türkiye Mahsûs Evkât-ı Şer’iyye) to compute prayer times with traditional methods. 

--City / District Selection

Let users pick their location (city or district); once chosen, the app downloads that area’s full year’s schedule. 

--Offline Capability

After the yearly schedule is downloaded, users do not need continuous internet to view prayer times. 

--Data / Privacy

Developer declares no data collected and no third-party sharing.

PRAYER TIMES

A hadîth-i sherîf quoted in the books Muqaddimet-us-salât, at-Tefsîr-alMazharî and al-Halabî al-kebîr states: “Jabrâîl ‘alaihissalâm’ (and I performed [the prayer termed] namâz [or salât] together, and Jabrâîl ‘alaihis-salâm’) conducted the

prayer as the imâm for two of us, by the side of the door of Ka’ba, for two days running. We two performed the morning prayer as the fajr (morning twilight)dawned; the early afternoon prayer as the Sun departed from meridian; the late afternoon prayer when the shadow of an object equalled its midday shadow increased by the length of the object; the evening prayer as the Sun set [its upper limb disappeared]; and the night prayer when the evening twilight darkened. 

The second day, we performed the morning prayer when the morning twilight matured;the early afternoon prayer when the shadow of an object increased again by the length of the object; the late afternoon prayer

immediately thereafter; the evening prayer at the prescribed time of breaking fast; and the night prayer at the end of the first third of the night. Then he said ‘O Muhammad, these are the times of prayers for you and the prophets before you. Let your Ummat perform each of these five prayers between the two times at which we performed each’.” 

This event took place on the fourteenth of July, one day after the Mi’râj, and two years before the Hegira. Ka’ba was 12.24 metres tall, the solar declination was 21 degrees and 36 minutes, and Ka’ba’s latitudinal location was twenty-one degrees and twenty-six minutes. Hence its midday (shortest) shadow (fayizawâl) was 3.56 cm. 

Thereby performing prayers (salât) five times a day became a commandment. This hadîth-i sherîf clarifies that the number of (daily) prayers is five. 

Note: Since the difference, f, between the longitudes of Istanbul and Mekka mukarrama is less than 60°, Q is almost the same as the result obtained with the following exact formula. If f is greater than 120°, Q can be found using (longitude -140.17° and latitude -21.43°) for the place symmetrical to Mekka with respect to the center of the earth by means of the approximate formula. By subtracting the result from 180°, Q is found.

S= The point where the plumb-line of the location intersects the earth’s surface; N= Point of Zawâl, when the sun is at culmination. AN represents the meridian.

Important Notice: 

All provided prayer times are accurate, and further details regarding the various timings can be accessed through alternative sources.