pray-calc/README.md

pray-calc

Islamic prayer times for any location and date. The primary method uses a physics-grounded dynamic twilight angle algorithm that adjusts Fajr and Isha angles for latitude, season, Earth-Sun distance, and atmospheric conditions. Fourteen traditional fixed-angle methods are included for comparison. Single runtime dependency: nrel-spa.

Installation

npm install pray-calc

Quick Start

import { calcTimes } from 'pray-calc';

const times = calcTimes(
  new Date('2024-06-21'),
  40.7128,  // New York latitude
  -74.0060, // longitude
  -4,       // UTC offset (hours)
);

console.log(times.Fajr);    // "03:51:24"
console.log(times.Sunrise); // "05:25:08"
console.log(times.Dhuhr);   // "13:01:17"
console.log(times.Asr);     // "17:02:43"
console.log(times.Maghrib); // "20:31:17"
console.log(times.Isha);    // "22:07:43"

CommonJS:

const { calcTimes } = require('pray-calc');

Use calcTimesAll to get all 14 traditional method times alongside the dynamic result.

TypeScript

import type {
  PrayerTimes,
  FormattedPrayerTimes,
  PrayerTimesAll,
  MethodDefinition,
} from 'pray-calc';

Documentation

Full API reference, dynamic algorithm details, traditional method table, and high-latitude handling: GitHub Wiki

Related

• nrel-spa: NREL Solar Position Algorithm (the solar foundation)
• luxon-hijri: Hijri/Gregorian calendar
• moon-sighting: Crescent visibility calculations

Acknowledgments

Solar position calculations use nrel-spa, a port of the NREL SPA by Ibrahim Reda and Afshin Andreas. The seasonal twilight model builds on the work of Khalid Shaukat (Moonsighting Committee Worldwide).

License

MIT. Copyright (c) 2023-2026 Aric Camarata.