How are prayer times calculated for Halifax?
Halifax lies at a latitude of about 53.72°N, in West Yorkshire. 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 07:49 and Maghrib falls at 17:52, giving 10h 3m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:51) and Isha (currently 19:43) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Halifax, 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 5,016 km.
Prayer times in Halifax are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Huddersfield (10 km), Bradford (10 km) and Batley (15 km).