prayertiming
A muslim prayer times calculation node library based on coordinates.
Installation
$ npm i prayertimingUsage
const { getByDay, getByMonth } = require('prayertiming');or
import { getByDay, getByMonth } from 'prayertiming';const date = new Date('2021-04-24T05:16:54.442Z');
getByDay({
date,
long: 90.38,
lat: 23.75,
method: 'Karachi',
timeFormat: '12h',
}); // returns and object
getByMonth({
month: 3,
year: 2021,
long: 90.38,
lat: 23.75,
method: 'Karachi',
timeFormat: '12h',
}); // returns an array of objectMethods
getByDay
This method takes latitude, longitude, date and some other configs and returns an object containing the prayer times.
inputs
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | JavaScript date object | A valid JavaScript date object. [default new Date()] |
| lat | Number | Latitude |
| long | Number | Longitude |
| timezone | Number | [default collects from system] |
| dst | Number | Daylight savings time [default collects from system] |
| elv | Number | Elevation [default 0] |
| timeFormat | String | '24h' or '12h' format [default 24h] |
| method | String |
Calculation method [default MWL] |
| config | Object | Custom calculation configuration [default {}] |
output
{
date: '2021-04-24T05:16:54.442Z',
method: 'Karachi',
imsak: '4:01 am',
fajr: '4:11 am',
sunrise: '5:30 am',
dhuhr: '11:57 am',
asr: '3:23 pm',
asrHanafi: '4:31 pm',
sunset: '6:24 pm',
maghrib: '6:24 pm',
isha: '7:43 pm',
midnight: '11:57 pm',
}getByMonth
This method takes latitude, longitude, month, year and some other configs and returns an array of object containing the prayer times.
inputs
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| month | Number | JavaScript month number from 0 to 11 [default new Date().getMonth()] |
| year | Number | Valid year value [default new Date().getFullYear()] |
| lat | Number | Latitude |
| long | Number | Longitude |
| timezone | Number | [default collects from system] |
| dst | Number | Daylight savings time [default collects from system] |
| elv | Number | Elevation [default 0] |
| timeFormat | String | '24h' or '12h' format [default 24h] |
| method | String |
Calculation method [default MWL] |
| config | Object | Custom calculation configuration [default {}] |
output
[
{
date: '2021-04-01T00:00:00.000Z',
method: 'Karachi',
imsak: '4:25 am',
fajr: '4:35 am',
sunrise: '5:51 am',
dhuhr: '12:02 pm',
asr: '3:30 pm',
asrHanafi: '4:30 pm',
sunset: '6:14 pm',
maghrib: '6:14 pm',
isha: '7:30 pm',
midnight: '12:03 am',
},
{
date: '2021-04-02T00:00:00.000Z',
method: 'Karachi',
imsak: '4:24 am',
fajr: '4:34 am',
sunrise: '5:50 am',
dhuhr: '12:02 pm',
asr: '3:29 pm',
asrHanafi: '4:30 pm',
sunset: '6:15 pm',
maghrib: '6:15 pm',
isha: '7:31 pm',
midnight: '12:02 am',
},
...
...
]config
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| imsak | String | Time difference between fajr and suhoor [default 10 min] |
| dhuhr | String | Time difference between midday and dhuhr [default 0 min] |
| maghrib | String | Time difference between sunset and maghrib [default 0 min] |
| midnight | String | Midnight calculation method (Standard or Jafari) [default Standard] |
| highLats | String | Night portion calculation method (AngleBased, OneSeventh or NightMiddle) [default NightMiddle] |
Calculation Methods
| Name | Authority | Config |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Egyptian General Authority of Survey | fajr: 19.5, isha: 17.5 |
| ISNA | Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) | fajr: 15, isha: 15 |
| Jafari | Shia Ithna-Ashari, Leva Institute, Qum | fajr: 16, isha: 14, maghrib: 4, midnight: 'Jafari' |
| JAKIM | Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia | fajr: 20, isha: 18 |
| Karachi | University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi | fajr: 18, isha: 18 |
| Makkah | Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah | fajr: 18.5, isha: '90 min' |
| MF | Muslims of France (MF) | fajr: 12, isha: 12 |
| MWL | Muslim World League | fajr: 18, isha: 17 |
| Tehran | Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran | fajr: 17.7, isha: 14, maghrib: 4.5, midnight: 'Jafari' |
- For Makkah fajr was 19 degrees before 1430 hijri