How are prayer times calculated for Northampton?
Northampton lies at a latitude of about 52.24°N, in Northamptonshire. 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 07:40 and Maghrib falls at 17:54, giving 10h 13m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:47) and Isha (currently 19:41) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Northampton, 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 4,880 km.
Prayer times in Northampton are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Wellingborough (16 km), Kettering (21 km) and Milton Keynes (24 km).