How are prayer times calculated for Bedford?
Sitting at roughly 52.14°N in Bedfordshire, Bedford has its own sunrise and sunset each day, so its prayer times are worked out from its exact position rather than a regional average.
Today the sun rises at 07:40 and Maghrib falls at 17:50, giving 10h 10m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:47) and Isha (currently 19:37) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Bedford, the Qibla is faced towards the Kaaba in Makkah, which lies on a bearing of 119° from here, roughly to the south-east — a great-circle distance of about 4,848 km.
Prayer times in Bedford are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Milton Keynes (23 km), Wellingborough (24 km) and Luton (27 km).