How are prayer times calculated for Wigan?
Sitting at roughly 53.55°N in Greater Manchester, Wigan 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 07:50 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 19:48) shift gradually from week to week.
When praying in Wigan, 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 5,051 km.
Prayer times in Wigan are very close to those in neighbouring towns, though they differ by a minute or two with distance. Nearby you can also check Bolton (14 km), Warrington (17 km) and Salford (23 km).