How are prayer times calculated for Blackburn?
Blackburn lies at a latitude of about 53.75°N, in Lancashire. Because prayer times depend on the position of the sun at a given location, the timings here are calculated specifically for these coordinates rather than borrowed from another town.
Today the sun rises at 07:54 and Maghrib falls at 17:53, giving 9h 58m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:56) and Isha (currently 19:44) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Blackburn, the Qibla is faced towards the Kaaba in Makkah, which lies on a bearing of 118° from here, roughly to the south-east — a great-circle distance of about 5,053 km.
Prayer times in Blackburn are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Accrington (8 km), Preston (15 km) and Burnley (16 km).