How are prayer times calculated for Carlisle?
Sitting at roughly 54.90°N in Cumbria, Carlisle 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 07:54 and Maghrib falls at 17:56, giving 10h 1m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:55) and Isha (currently 19:50) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Carlisle, 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 5,140 km.
Prayer times in Carlisle are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Newcastle (85 km), Gateshead (86 km) and Lancaster (95 km).