How are prayer times calculated for Lancaster?
Lancaster lies at a latitude of about 54.05°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 07:52 and Maghrib falls at 17:58, giving 10h 5m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:53) and Isha (currently 19:49) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Lancaster, 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 5,087 km.
Prayer times in Lancaster are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Blackpool (30 km), Preston (32 km) and Blackburn (39 km).