How are prayer times calculated for Edinburgh?
Edinburgh lies at a latitude of about 55.95°N, in Scotland. 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 07:58 and Maghrib falls at 17:55, giving 9h 56m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:57) and Isha (currently 19:52) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Edinburgh, the Qibla is faced towards the Kaaba in Makkah, which lies on a bearing of 120° from here, roughly to the south-east — a great-circle distance of about 5,211 km.
Prayer times in Edinburgh are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Dundee (58 km), Glasgow (67 km) and Carlisle (119 km).