Prayer times in Kettara today: Fajr 05:15, Sunrise 06:37, Dhuhr 12:22, Asr 15:27, Maghrib 17:57, Isha 19:09. The sun rises at 06:37 and sets at 17:54, giving a day length of 11 h 17 min.
Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:15 | 06:37 | 12:22 | 15:27 | 17:57 | 19:09 |
Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:15 | 06:37 | 12:22 | 15:27 | 17:57 | 19:09 |
| Date | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 05:15 | 06:37 | 12:22 | 15:27 | 17:57 | 19:09 |
| Sat 24 | 05:16 | 06:38 | 12:22 | 15:26 | 17:56 | 19:08 |
| Sun 25 | 05:16 | 06:38 | 12:22 | 15:25 | 17:55 | 19:07 |
| Mon 26 | 05:17 | 06:39 | 12:22 | 15:25 | 17:54 | 19:06 |
| Tue 27 | 05:18 | 06:40 | 12:22 | 15:24 | 17:53 | 19:05 |
| Wed 28 | 05:18 | 06:41 | 12:21 | 15:23 | 17:52 | 19:04 |
| Thu 29 | 05:19 | 06:42 | 12:21 | 15:22 | 17:52 | 19:03 |
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Kettara (الكطارة) is a village of the Haouz plain, north of Marrakech, in the Marrakech-Safi region, on the road to Safi. Located at roughly 31.73° north latitude and 8.08° west longitude, in a semi-arid plain, it has a hot, dry climate: scorching summers, mild winters. Its name evokes the 'khettaras', the traditional underground galleries that captured water to irrigate the region. Kettara sees its low latitude limit the seasonal swing of its prayer times.
Kettara takes its name from the khettaras, the ingenious underground irrigation systems that, for centuries, brought groundwater to the crops of the Haouz. An agricultural village north of Marrakech, it carries on this hydraulic heritage. Religious practice here follows the Maliki rite.
Religious life in Kettara sits within the Maliki Islamic tradition of the Haouz, carried by the village mosque. The Friday prayer brings together farmers and residents. Ramadan is lived with a strong communal and family dimension, typical of the plain villages.
As everywhere in Morocco, the Hijri calendar in Kettara follows rukyat, the official sighting of the crescent moon announced by the Ministry of Habous. This method can produce a one-day difference from the Saudi calendar, notably for Ramadan and the two Eids. During Ramadan, Morocco suspends summer time, shifting all prayer times by about an hour for the duration of the month.
The low latitude (~31.7° N) gives Kettara prayer times with a limited seasonal swing, under strong summer heat. In winter, Fajr is observed around 06:30 and Maghrib around 17:50; in summer, Fajr falls around 04:40 and Isha around 21:55–22:20 depending on the method. The Haouz plain offers an open horizon. The published times follow the Ministry of Habous method.
In Kettara, religious life is organised around the village mosque.
The village's main mosque, the religious heart of Kettara.
Content verified on 18 September 2026.
Prayer times in Kettara are calculated using the official methods of Morocco's Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs. The five daily prayers — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha — shift a little each day as the sun's position changes. Sunrise (Shuruk) is shown too: it marks the end of the valid window for the Fajr prayer.
Each prayer is announced by the adhan, the call to prayer. The adhan time in Kettaracorresponds to the start of each prayer listed above: Fajr at dawn, then Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib at sunset and Isha. Mosques across the city follow these same official times.
The Hijri dates shown follow the Moroccan lunar calendar, which is based on the official rukyat (moon sighting) and can differ by a day from the Saudi calendar. Note that Morocco moves its clock back by one hour during Ramadan.
Fajr (dawn prayer) in Kettara is at 05:15 today. Sunrise, which ends the Fajr window, is at 06:37.
Maghrib (sunset prayer) in Kettara is at 17:57 today. It begins just after sunset and marks iftar during Ramadan.
Yes. The times shown for Kettara are aligned with the Moroccan Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs, the official source for prayer times in Morocco.
Morocco uses a single time zone nationwide and moves the clock back by one hour during the month of Ramadan. All prayer times on this page are shown in Morocco's official local time.
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Times through 31 October are official (Ministry of Habous). Days marked ≈ are preliminary estimates from a calibrated solar model — they are replaced by official times as the Ministry publishes them.