How are prayer times calculated for Wakefield?
Wakefield lies at a latitude of about 53.68°N, in West Yorkshire. 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 07:46 and Maghrib falls at 17:53, giving 10h 7m between the two. As the year turns this daylight window lengthens and shortens, which is why Fajr (currently 05:48) and Isha (currently 19:44) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Wakefield, 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 4,993 km.
Prayer times in Wakefield are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Dewsbury (9 km), Batley (10 km) and Leeds (13 km).