How are prayer times calculated for Manchester?
Manchester lies at a latitude of about 53.48°N, in Greater Manchester. 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 07:48 and Maghrib falls at 17:57, giving 10h 8m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:51) and Isha (currently 19:47) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Manchester, 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 5,025 km.
Prayer times in Manchester are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Salford (3 km), Stockport (10 km) and Ashton-under-Lyne (10 km).