How are prayer times calculated for Maidstone?
Sitting at roughly 51.27°N in Kent, Maidstone has its own sunrise and sunset each day, so its prayer times are worked out from its exact position rather than a regional average.
Today the sun rises at 07:33 and Maghrib falls at 17:50, giving 10h 17m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:42) and Isha (currently 19:35) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Maidstone, 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 4,741 km.
Prayer times in Maidstone are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Chatham (12 km), Gillingham (13 km) and Gravesend (22 km).