How are prayer times calculated for Southend-on-Sea?
Southend-on-Sea lies at a latitude of about 51.55°N, in Essex. 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 07:33 and Maghrib falls at 17:49, giving 10h 16m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:41) and Isha (currently 19:34) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Southend-on-Sea, the Qibla is faced towards the Kaaba in Makkah, which lies on a bearing of 120° from here, roughly to the south-east — a great-circle distance of about 4,746 km.
Prayer times in Southend-on-Sea are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Basildon (16 km), Gillingham (21 km) and Chatham (23 km).