How are prayer times calculated for Luton?
Luton lies at a latitude of about 51.89°N, in Bedfordshire. 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 07:41 and Maghrib falls at 17:49, giving 10h 7m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:48) and Isha (currently 19:35) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Luton, 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 4,832 km.
Prayer times in Luton are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Stevenage (15 km), Hemel Hempstead (15 km) and St Albans (17 km).