How are prayer times calculated for Chester?
Chester lies at a latitude of about 53.19°N, in Cheshire. 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 07:50 and Maghrib falls at 18:00, giving 10h 9m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:54) and Isha (currently 19:49) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Chester, 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 5,048 km.
Prayer times in Chester are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Wrexham (18 km), Liverpool (25 km) and Warrington (29 km).