Prayer Times in Washington DC

About Prayer Times in Washington DC

Washington DC, the capital of the United States, has a Muslim population estimated at 200,000–250,000 in the greater metropolitan area — roughly 4–5% of the region's 5 million people. The DC Muslim community is particularly diverse in professional and diplomatic terms: the city's role as the political and diplomatic capital of the world means Muslim diplomats, government officials, and civil society leaders from across the Muslim world have a constant presence here. The community spans African-American Muslims (with deep roots in DC's historically Black neighbourhoods), South Asian professionals, Arab diplomats and students, and West African communities.

DC-area mosques use the ISNA calculation (Fajr and Isha at 15°). At 38.9°N, prayer times show moderate seasonal variation — Fajr ranges from approximately 4:05 AM in June to 6:20 AM in December, and Isha from 10:00 PM (summer) to 5:45 PM (winter). The All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) and the Islamic Society of the Washington Area (ISWA) are among the most prominent coordinating bodies for the region's mosques.

The Islamic Center of Washington on Massachusetts Avenue NW — completed in 1957 and one of the first large purpose-built mosques in the United States — is Washington's most iconic mosque, with a 56-metre minaret that rises above Embassy Row. Funded by Muslim-majority countries and designed by an Italian architect working with Egyptian Islamic scholars, it has hosted every US president since Eisenhower for interfaith visits. The ADAMS Center in Sterling, Virginia, is the region's largest Muslim community organisation. The Masjid Muhammad ("The Nation's Mosque") in Shaw — established by Warith Deen Mohammed — is a historic institution in African-American Islamic life.