How are prayer times calculated for Preston?
Sitting at roughly 53.76°N in Lancashire, Preston 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 07:51 and Maghrib falls at 17:58, giving 10h 7m 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 Preston, 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 5,066 km.
Prayer times in Preston are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Blackburn (15 km), Accrington (22 km) and Blackpool (23 km).