Local solar phase

Melbourne · Australia/Melbourne

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Solar day The marker follows the sun from sunrise to sunset for the selected location.

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Location / 01

Set the horizon

Use this device, search a place, or enter exact coordinates. The prayer calculation itself runs in this browser.

Ready. Melbourne is loaded as the demonstration location.

Device location can remain local. Automatic time-zone/elevation lookup sends rounded coordinates to Open-Meteo; place search sends the words you enter.

Schedule / 02

Six solar thresholds

— minone relative daylight hour

— hsunrise to sunset

calculation coordinates

Method / 03

The day, measured from the sun

Sunrise, sunset, and solar noon use the NOAA/Spencer equation of time and solar declination, with the horizon adjusted for altitude.

Fajr and Isha use the Prayer Times Lab's seasonal offsets. Dhuhr is true solar noon. Asr is RH9: three relative daylight hours after solar noon.

This is an experimental local-solar method and may differ from mosque timetables or other calculation authorities. For observance, follow the method and authority you trust.