Prayer times in Zaouiat Ahansal: a practical guide
This guide explains the prayer times in Zaouiat Ahansal: where today's Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha times come from, why they differ from other Moroccan cities, and how to use the monthly timetable for Ramadan, the Friday prayer or a trip.
Zaouiat Ahansal and its prayer times
Zaouiat Ahansal sits at about 31.83° N and 6.11° W. In the Ministry of Habous list it belongs to the same group as Moulay Bouazza, Beni Mellal and Khenifra, so their timetables look alike without ever being identical: each town takes its own minutes from its own position under the sun.
On 12 October 2026, the calculated times for Zaouiat Ahansal were Fajr 04:59, sunrise 06:22, Dhuhr 12:16, Asr 15:28, Maghrib 18:00 and Isha 19:12, which leaves 11 h 38 min of daylight between sunrise and Maghrib. That day, Dhuhr in Zaouiat Ahansal came 3 minutes earlier than in Rabat.
Over the 30 days that follow, Fajr moves from 04:59 to 05:20 and Maghrib from 18:00 to 17:32. The stamps at the top of the page always show the current day, and the ministry's official figures replace these calculated values as soon as they load.
How the Ministry of Habous sets prayer times
In Morocco, the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs publishes the official prayer timetable for every town on its list, and mosques call the adhan by it. The times follow the sun: Fajr starts when the sun is 19 degrees below the horizon before dawn, and Isha when it is 17 degrees below the horizon after sunset, the angles listed for the Moroccan method in prayer time references (AlAdhan). Dhuhr follows the moment the sun is highest, Asr begins when a shadow becomes longer than its object by the length of its noon shadow, and Maghrib follows sunset.
The ministry's timetable also adds a few minutes of precaution to some prayers, so its Dhuhr falls a little after true solar noon. This page first shows a calculation made with the same method, then switches to the ministry's own figures for Zaouiat Ahansal, the ones your mosque follows.
Why prayer times change between cities and seasons
The sun crosses one degree of longitude every four minutes. Oujda, near the eastern border, and Dakhla, in the far south, are about 14 degrees apart, so on the same day Dhuhr in Dakhla comes close to an hour after Oujda. Latitude changes the length of the day: the further north a town is, the wider the gap between short winter days and long summer days.
The season moves every time. In Rabat, dawn comes about two and a half hours earlier in late June than in late December. A timetable is therefore only valid for its own day, and a quick look at the monthly table helps before a busy week.
Ramadan: suhoor, Imsak and iftar
In Ramadan, two columns matter: Fajr and Maghrib. The fast starts at Fajr and ends at Maghrib, when iftar begins. Many printed Ramadan calendars (imsakiyas) also show an Imsak time a few minutes before Fajr, as a margin to finish suhoor; the fast itself starts at Fajr.
To plan suhoor and iftar in Zaouiat Ahansal, read the Fajr and Maghrib columns of the monthly table for the days of Ramadan. The start of Ramadan and the Eid days are confirmed by the ministry after the moon sighting; our public holidays calendar lists the expected Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha days off.
Friday prayer in Zaouiat Ahansal
On Friday, the Jumu'a prayer and its sermon take the place of Dhuhr and are held in the Dhuhr time. The Dhuhr time on this page tells you when the adhan is called; the sermon and the prayer follow, and their length varies from one mosque to another. Shops and offices that close for Jumu'a can use the Dhuhr stamp as their weekly reference.
How to read the monthly timetable
The table covers 30 days from today, with today's row highlighted and past days greyed out. Each row gives the six daily times; sunrise (Shuruq) is not a prayer, but it marks the end of the Fajr time. On a phone, the date shrinks to day/month so the whole row fits on one line.
Times are in Morocco's legal time, and a mosque near you may call the adhan a minute or two apart from the timetable. For family plans, the school holidays calendar shows the breaks of the school year, and the full list of cities opens the timetable of any other town.
Sources: Ministry of Habous timetable for Zaouiat Ahansal; AlAdhan calculation methods (Morocco: Fajr 19°, Isha 17°).