Prayer Times, Islamic Calendar & Qibla Scraper (Global)

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "input": "Mecca, Saudi Arabia",
  "resolvedLocation": "Mecca",
  "country": "Saudi Arabia",
  "admin1": "Mecca Region",
  "latitude": 21.42664,
  "longitude": 39.82563,
  "timezone": "Asia/Riyadh",
  "gregorianDate": "2026-08-23",
  "gregorianWeekday": "Sunday",
  "gregorianReadable": "23 August 2026",
  "hijriDate": "10-03-1448",
  "hijriDay": 10,
  "hijriMonthNumber": 3,
  "hijriMonthEn": "Rabīʿ al-awwal",
  "hijriMonthAr": "رَبيع الأوّل",
  "hijriYear": 1448,
  "hijriWeekdayEn": "Al Ahad",
  "hijriWeekdayAr": "الاحد",
  "hijriHolidays": [],
  "method": 2,
  "methodName": "Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)",
  "school": 0,
  "schoolName": "Shafi, Maliki, Hanbali (Standard)",
  "latitudeAdjustmentMethod": "ANGLE_BASED",
  "imsak": "04:48",
  "fajr": "04:58",
  "sunrise": "06:02",
  "dhuhr": "12:23",
  "asr": "15:47",
  "sunset": "18:45",
  "maghrib": "18:45",
  "isha": "19:48",
  "midnight": "00:23",
  "firstthird": "22:30",
  "lastthird": "02:16",
  "nextPrayer": "Asr",
  "nextPrayerTime": "15:47",
  "minutesUntilNextPrayer": 19,
  "qiblaDirection": 173.1,
  "monthlyCalendarDays": null,
  "monthlyCalendar": null,
  "aiSuhoorTip": null,
  "aiIftarTip": null,
  "aiHydrationTip": null,
  "aiFastingSummary": null,
  "source": "Aladhan Prayer Times",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-23T12:28:39.691Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete Muslim prayer times scraper available. It returns every daily prayer time for any city or coordinates (Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, plus Imsak, Midnight and the night thirds), the full Hijri date with Arabic month name and Islamic holidays, the Qibla compass bearing to the Kaaba, and a live next-prayer countdown, all in one call, with optional full monthly timetable and AI Ramadan fasting tips.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Use cases
• How we compare
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

Give it a list of locations and a date. For each location the actor resolves the place to coordinates (you can pass a city name like Istanbul, Turkey or a latitude,longitude pair), computes the daily prayer schedule for the date you choose, and writes one clean record per location.

Each record carries the full timetable (Imsak, Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Sunset, Maghrib, Isha, Midnight, and the first and last thirds of the night), the matching Hijri (Islamic) date with the Arabic and English month names and any Islamic holidays that fall on that day, the Qibla direction as a compass bearing in degrees to the Kaaba in Mecca, and a computed next-prayer name with the minutes remaining until it (relative to the run time in the location's own timezone). You choose the calculation method (23 named options such as ISNA, Umm al-Qura, Diyanet, JAKIM, Kemenag) and the juristic school for Asr (Standard or Hanafi).

Two optional add-ons extend each record: a full month prayer timetable for the location, and AI-written Ramadan fasting tips derived from the day's Fajr and Maghrib times.

Use cases

• Power a Muslim prayer times and adhan app with a single daily API call per city.
• Build a mobile or web salah reminder that shows the next prayer and a live countdown.
• Print or display a monthly Ramadan and prayer timetable (Suhoor and Iftar) for a mosque or community.
• Add an accurate Qibla direction (compass bearing to the Kaaba) to a mosque finder or travel app.
• Convert Gregorian dates to the Hijri (Islamic) calendar and surface Islamic holidays and holy days.
• Compare prayer times across cities and calculation methods (ISNA, Umm al-Qura, Muslim World League, Diyanet, JAKIM, Kemenag and more).
• Feed prayer times, Iftar and Suhoor times into a smart-home, digital-signage, or notification workflow.

How we compare

Capability	This actor	AlAdhan raw API	RapidAPI prayer-times APIs	MuslimSalat API
All data in one call	Yes	No (separate endpoints)	Partial	Partial
City name geocoding	Yes	Partial	Partial	Yes
Imsak, Midnight, night thirds	Yes	Yes	Rarely	No
Full Hijri date + Arabic month	Yes	Yes	Rarely	No
Islamic holidays in the record	Yes	Separate endpoint	No	No
Qibla direction (degrees)	Yes	Separate endpoint	Sometimes	Daily only
Next-prayer name + minutes countdown	Yes	No	No	No
Optional full monthly calendar	Yes	Separate endpoint	Ramadan only	Separate endpoint
AI Ramadan fasting tips	Yes	No	No	No
Pricing	Flat pay per result	Free, multi-call	Monthly tiers	Credit based

Why choose this

• Everything in one call. Times, Hijri date, holidays, Qibla and the next-prayer countdown come back together, so your app makes one request per city instead of four or five.
• Next-prayer countdown built in. The actor computes the next prayer and the minutes remaining against the location's own timezone. Competitors return raw times and leave the math to you.
• City names, not just coordinates. Pass Jakarta, Indonesia or Istanbul and the actor geocodes it for you.
• Full Hijri calendar and holidays. Arabic and English month names, the Hijri weekday, and any Islamic holidays on the date, in the same record.
• Qibla for every location. A compass bearing in degrees to the Kaaba, no extra call.
• Optional monthly timetable and AI fasting tips. Add a whole-month schedule or AI Suhoor, Iftar and hydration guidance when you need them, billed only when returned.
• Predictable pricing. Flat pay per result, no monthly tiers or opaque credit systems, and you are never charged for a location that fails to resolve.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns today's prayer times, Hijri date and Qibla for three cities.

{
  "locations": ["Mecca, Saudi Arabia", "Istanbul, Turkey", "Jakarta, Indonesia"],
  "method": "2",
  "school": "0"
}

Leave date empty to use today. Add "includeMonthlyCalendar": true for the full month timetable, or "aiRamadanFastingTips": true for AI fasting guidance (both are paid add-ons on paid Apify plans).

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
locations	array of strings	no	(none)	One or more locations. Each item is a place name like Mecca, Saudi Arabia or Istanbul (auto-geocoded), or a latitude,longitude pair like 21.4225,39.8262. One record is returned per location.
date	string	no	today	The date to compute prayer times for, in YYYY-MM-DD. Applies to every location in the run.
method	enum string	no	2 (ISNA)	Calculation method id. One of 23 named methods, for example 2 ISNA, 3 Muslim World League, 4 Umm al-Qura Makkah, 13 Diyanet Turkey, 17 JAKIM Malaysia, 20 Kemenag Indonesia.
school	enum string	no	0	Juristic school for the Asr time. 0 Standard (Shafi, Maliki, Hanbali) or 1 Hanafi (later Asr).
includeMonthlyCalendar	boolean	no	false	Add-on. Add the full month prayer timetable for each location. Billed per location only when a real calendar is returned. Paid Apify plans only.
aiRamadanFastingTips	boolean	no	false	Add-on. Add AI-written Suhoor, Iftar and hydration tips plus a fasting-window summary. Billed per location only when usable tips are produced. Paid Apify plans only.
maxResults	integer	no	10	Maximum locations to return in one run. Free Apify plans are capped at 10.

Output reference

One dataset item per location. Types are string, integer, number, boolean, array, or null when a value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
input	string	The location string you passed in.
resolvedLocation	string	Resolved place name from geocoding.
country	string	Country of the resolved location.
admin1	string	State or region of the resolved location.
latitude	number	Latitude used for the query.
longitude	number	Longitude used for the query.
timezone	string	IANA timezone of the location.
gregorianDate	string	Gregorian date (YYYY-MM-DD).
gregorianWeekday	string	Gregorian weekday name.
gregorianReadable	string	Human-readable Gregorian date.
hijriDate	string	Hijri (Islamic) date (DD-MM-YYYY).
hijriDay	integer	Day of the Hijri month.
hijriMonthNumber	integer	Hijri month number (1 to 12).
hijriMonthEn	string	Hijri month name in English.
hijriMonthAr	string	Hijri month name in Arabic.
hijriYear	integer	Hijri year.
hijriWeekdayEn	string	Hijri weekday name in English.
hijriWeekdayAr	string	Hijri weekday name in Arabic.
hijriHolidays	array	Islamic holidays on this Hijri date. Empty array when none.
method	integer	Calculation method id used.
methodName	string	Calculation method name.
school	integer	Juristic school for Asr (0 standard, 1 Hanafi).
schoolName	string	Juristic school label.
latitudeAdjustmentMethod	string	High-latitude adjustment method used.
imsak	string	Imsak time (HH:MM, local).
fajr	string	Fajr prayer time (HH:MM, local).
sunrise	string	Sunrise time (HH:MM, local).
dhuhr	string	Dhuhr prayer time (HH:MM, local).
asr	string	Asr prayer time (HH:MM, local).
sunset	string	Sunset time (HH:MM, local).
maghrib	string	Maghrib prayer time (HH:MM, local).
isha	string	Isha prayer time (HH:MM, local).
midnight	string	Islamic midnight (HH:MM, local).
firstthird	string	First-third boundary of the night (HH:MM, local).
lastthird	string	Start of the last third of the night (HH:MM, local).
nextPrayer	string	Name of the next prayer relative to the run time. Null when the date is not today in the location timezone.
nextPrayerTime	string	Time of the next prayer (HH:MM, local).
minutesUntilNextPrayer	integer	Minutes from run time until the next prayer.
qiblaDirection	number	Compass bearing in degrees from the location to the Kaaba in Mecca.
monthlyCalendarDays	integer	Number of days in the monthly calendar add-on, or null.
monthlyCalendar	array	Full month prayer timetable per day (monthly calendar add-on), or null.
aiSuhoorTip	string	AI Suhoor (pre-dawn meal) tip (AI fasting tips add-on), or null.
aiIftarTip	string	AI Iftar (fast-breaking) tip (AI fasting tips add-on), or null.
aiHydrationTip	string	AI hydration tip (AI fasting tips add-on), or null.
aiFastingSummary	string	AI fasting-window summary (AI fasting tips add-on), or null.
source	string	Data source label.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	Null on success. On a location that fails to resolve, a single item with a populated error field is written instead, and it is not charged.

Example output record

Real record from a live run with both add-ons on (input {"locations": ["Mecca, Saudi Arabia"], "includeMonthlyCalendar": true, "aiRamadanFastingTips": true}). The monthlyCalendar array is trimmed here for length.

{
  "input": "Mecca, Saudi Arabia",
  "resolvedLocation": "Mecca",
  "country": "Saudi Arabia",
  "admin1": "Mecca Region",
  "latitude": 21.42664,
  "longitude": 39.82563,
  "timezone": "Asia/Riyadh",
  "gregorianDate": "2026-08-23",
  "hijriDate": "10-03-1448",
  "hijriMonthEn": "Rabīʿ al-awwal",
  "hijriMonthAr": "رَبيع الأوّل",
  "hijriYear": 1448,
  "hijriHolidays": [],
  "method": 2,
  "methodName": "Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)",
  "schoolName": "Shafi, Maliki, Hanbali (Standard)",
  "imsak": "04:48",
  "fajr": "04:58",
  "sunrise": "06:02",
  "dhuhr": "12:23",
  "asr": "15:47",
  "maghrib": "18:45",
  "isha": "19:48",
  "midnight": "00:23",
  "firstthird": "22:30",
  "lastthird": "02:16",
  "nextPrayer": "Asr",
  "nextPrayerTime": "15:47",
  "minutesUntilNextPrayer": 19,
  "qiblaDirection": 173.1,
  "monthlyCalendarDays": 31,
  "monthlyCalendar": [
    { "gregorianDate": "2026-08-01", "weekday": "Saturday", "hijriDate": "18-02-1448", "hijriMonth": "Ṣafar", "fajr": "04:48", "sunrise": "05:54", "dhuhr": "12:27", "asr": "15:46", "maghrib": "19:00", "isha": "20:06" }
  ],
  "aiSuhoorTip": "Opt for a balanced meal with complex carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats, such as oatmeal with nuts and yogurt, to sustain your energy throughout the day.",
  "aiIftarTip": "Start your Iftar with dates and water to gently rehydrate and replenish energy before enjoying a nutritious meal.",
  "aiHydrationTip": "Drink plenty of water and include hydrating foods like fruits and soups between Iftar and Suhoor to maintain hydration levels.",
  "aiFastingSummary": "The fasting window lasts approximately 13 hours and it's essential to focus on balanced nutrition and hydration.",
  "source": "Aladhan Prayer Times",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-23T12:28:39.691Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~prayer-times-islamic-calendar-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"locations":["Mecca, Saudi Arabia","Istanbul, Turkey"],"method":"2","school":"0"}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~prayer-times-islamic-calendar-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"locations":["Jakarta, Indonesia"],"date":"2026-03-01","includeMonthlyCalendar":true}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/prayer-times-islamic-calendar-scraper \
  --input '{"locations":["Cairo, Egypt"],"method":"5"}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per location record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• A small one-time actor-start event is charged once per run.
• Add-ons are opt-in and billed only on success. The monthly_calendar event is charged per location only when a real month timetable is returned. The ai_fasting_tips event is charged per location only when usable AI tips are produced. Both are available to paid Apify plans only.
• No charge on failure. If a location cannot be resolved or returns no data, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 locations per run, and paid add-ons are disabled for them. Upgrade for higher maxResults and add-ons.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A location came back with an error. Why? The place name could not be geocoded. Try a simpler name (just the city), add the country, or pass a latitude,longitude pair instead. Failed locations are not charged.

Which calculation method should I use? Use the one your community follows. Common choices: ISNA (2) in North America, Muslim World League (3) in much of the world, Umm al-Qura (4) in Saudi Arabia, Diyanet (13) in Turkey, JAKIM (17) in Malaysia, Kemenag (20) in Indonesia.

What is the difference between Standard and Hanafi school? The school setting only changes the Asr time. Hanafi (1) gives a later Asr than the Standard (0) opinion. All other times are identical.

Why is nextPrayer null? The next-prayer countdown is only meaningful for the current day. When you request a past or future date, or a date that is not today in the location's timezone, nextPrayer, nextPrayerTime and minutesUntilNextPrayer are null.

How accurate is the Qibla direction? qiblaDirection is the great-circle compass bearing in degrees (0 is north, 90 is east) from the location to the Kaaba in Mecca. Near Mecca itself the bearing is short-range and may look unusual, which is expected.

Can I get a whole month at once? Yes. Set includeMonthlyCalendar to true and each record includes the full month timetable for its location in monthlyCalendar.

Is this an official tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with any Islamic authority. It reads publicly available prayer-time calculations. Verify times against your local mosque where exact minute-level agreement matters.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with any Islamic authority. Provides publicly available prayer-time calculations. Verify against your local mosque where exact agreement matters.