Prayer times in Samara today: Fajr 05:28, Sunrise 06:47, Dhuhr 12:36, Asr 15:46, Maghrib 18:16, Isha 19:24. The sun rises at 06:47 and sets at 18:12, giving a day length of 11 h 25 min.
Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:28 | 06:47 | 12:36 | 15:46 | 18:16 | 19:24 |
Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:28 | 06:47 | 12:36 | 15:46 | 18:16 | 19:24 |
| Date | Fajr | Sunrise | Dhuhr | Asr | Maghrib | Isha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 05:28 | 06:47 | 12:36 | 15:46 | 18:16 | 19:24 |
| Sat 24 | 05:28 | 06:48 | 12:36 | 15:45 | 18:15 | 19:24 |
| Sun 25 | 05:29 | 06:48 | 12:36 | 15:44 | 18:14 | 19:23 |
| Mon 26 | 05:29 | 06:49 | 12:36 | 15:44 | 18:13 | 19:22 |
| Tue 27 | 05:30 | 06:49 | 12:36 | 15:43 | 18:12 | 19:21 |
| Wed 28 | 05:31 | 06:50 | 12:36 | 15:43 | 18:12 | 19:21 |
| Thu 29 | 05:31 | 06:51 | 12:35 | 15:42 | 18:11 | 19:20 |
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Smara (السمارة), or Es-Semara, is a historic town of the interior of the Moroccan Atlantic Sahara, in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region. Located at roughly 26.74° north latitude and 11.67° west longitude, deep in the desert on the Saguia el-Hamra, it has a desert climate: intense summer heat, cool winter nights, marked aridity. Founded around a zawiya at the end of the 19th century, Smara is the only true town born in the interior of the Western Sahara.
Smara was founded around 1898 by Sheikh Ma al-Aynayn, a Saharan scholar and Sufi, who built there in stone a great mosque, a zawiya and a library — a unique case of a town built at the heart of the desert. Long a religious and caravan centre of the Sahara, it preserves the remains of that past. Religious practice here follows the Maliki rite, within a strong Sufi and Hassani tradition.
Religious life in Smara is inseparable from the memory of its zawiya and its founder, Sheikh Ma al-Aynayn, within the Maliki and Sufi tradition of the Sahara. The old stone mosque and the town's mosques set the rhythm of religious life. The Friday prayer and Ramadan take on a particular intensity here, carried by a deep religious attachment.
As everywhere in Morocco, the Hijri calendar in Smara 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 very low latitude (~26.7° N) and the desert climate give Smara prayer times of great seasonal stability, under a very clear sky. In winter, Fajr is observed around 06:45 and Maghrib around 18:30; in summer, Fajr falls around 05:45 and Isha around 21:25–21:50 depending on the method. The limpid desert sky keeps the solar markers very sharp. The published times follow the Ministry of Habous method.
Smara is organised around its historic zawiya and its old stone mosque. Here are the most notable places.
The old stone mosque built by Sheikh Ma al-Aynayn around 1900, the founding and emblematic monument of Smara.
The zawiya of Sheikh Ma al-Aynayn, the spiritual and historic heart of the town.
Content verified on 18 September 2026.
Prayer times in Samara 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 Samaracorresponds 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 Samara is at 05:28 today. Sunrise, which ends the Fajr window, is at 06:47.
Maghrib (sunset prayer) in Samara is at 18:16 today. It begins just after sunset and marks iftar during Ramadan.
Yes. The times shown for Samara 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.