Asr Adhan time

NaliMasjid

Why Asr Adhan time changes twice a day, and how to fix that.

meezaan

NaliMasjid First time ever I am hearing this in 13 years. You want to share the API queries for the different timings?

NaliMasjid

meezaan السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Brother Jazakallah, No I mean that your API send Asr Adhan time twice a day I don’t know why it did that. Have you got any idea to resolve this issue?

NaliMasjid

NaliMasjid this our website https://www.nalifoundation.org/ check the time table in first page, so when I open the browser in the morning it shows Asr time 2 minutes behind, in the afternoon it add 2 minutes to morning time. I couldn’t play around this. Any suggestions would be appreciated thanks brothers

gokboru

NaliMasjid I'm not sure how the website is coded, but you'll need to share the actual URL you are calling the API with it. What's reflected on the website is not necessary what the API returns, and if the API returns something unexpected, then we need to understand how it is being called.

NaliMasjid

    const apiBaseUrl = "https://api.aladhan.com/v1/calendarByCity";
    const jamaahTimesUrl = "fetch-jamaah-times.php";
    const year = new Date().getFullYear();
    const month = new Date().getMonth() + 1;
    const city = encodeURIComponent("Newcastle upon Tyne");
    const country = "UK";
    const method = 15;
    const fajrAngle = 18;
    const ishaAngle = 18;

    let currentYear = new Date().getFullYear();
    let currentMonth = new Date().getMonth() + 1;
    let lastAdhanHash = null;

    function fetchPrayerTimes(year, month) {
        // show loading
        $('#calendarLoading').show();
        const apiUrl = `${apiBaseUrl}/${year}/${month}?city=${city}&country=${country}&method=${method}&fajr=${fajrAngle}&isha=${ishaAngle}`;
        // Gregorian month fetch: calendarByCity + jamaah times
        $.when($.get(apiUrl), $.get(`${jamaahTimesUrl}?year=${year}&month=${month}`))
            .done((adhanData, jamaahData) => {
                const adhan = adhanData[0];
                const jamaah = jamaahData[0];
                if (adhan.code === 200 && Array.isArray(adhan.data)) {
                    const currentAdhanData = adhan.data.map(day => ({
                        fajr: day.timings.Fajr,
                        dhuhr: day.timings.Dhuhr,
                        asr: day.timings.Asr,
                        maghrib: day.timings.Maghrib,
                        isha: day.timings.Isha
                    }));
                    const currentHash = JSON.stringify(currentAdhanData);
                    if (lastAdhanHash !== currentHash) {
                        renderCalendar(adhan.data, jamaah, month);
                        lastAdhanHash = currentHash;
                    }
                } else {
                    $("#calendarBody").html(`<tr><td colspan="13" class="text-center">No prayer times available.</td></tr>`);
                }
            }).fail(() => {
                $("#calendarBody").html(`<tr><td colspan="13" class="text-center">Error fetching prayer or Jamaah times.</td></tr>`);
            }).always(() => { $('#calendarLoading').hide(); });
    }

gokboru

NaliMasjid I don't need to see the code, but the actual API call. In any case, you cannot specify any angles with method 15, so the setup is incorrect.

NaliMasjid

gokboru which method is correct for the U.K. then

NaliMasjid

You mean you wants the API call response?

gokboru

NaliMasjid The request first, then the response.

NaliMasjid

Request URL https://api.aladhan.com/v1/calendarByCity/2026/2?city=Newcastle%20upon%20Tyne&country=UK&method=15 Request Method GET Status Code 200 OK Remote Address x.x.x.x:443 Referrer Policy strict-origin-when-cross-origin

NaliMasjid

{ "code": 200, "status": "OK", "data": [ { "timings": { "Fajr": "06:18 (GMT)", "Sunrise": "07:57 (GMT)", "Dhuhr": "12:20 (GMT)", "Asr": "14:15 (GMT)", "Sunset": "16:44 (GMT)", "Maghrib": "16:44 (GMT)", "Isha": "18:13 (GMT)", "Imsak": "06:08 (GMT)", "Midnight": "00:21 (GMT)", "Firstthird": "21:48 (GMT)", "Lastthird": "02:53 (GMT)" }, "date": { "readable": "01 Feb 2026", "timestamp": "1769936461", "gregorian": { "date": "01-02-2026", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "01", "weekday": { "en": "Sunday" }, "month": { "number": 2, "en": "February" }, "year": "2026", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AD", "expanded": "Anno Domini" }, "lunarSighting": false }, "hijri": { "date": "13-08-1447", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "13", "weekday": { "en": "Al Ahad", "ar": "\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062d\u062f" }, "month": { "number": 8, "en": "Sha\u02bfb\u0101n", "ar": "\u0634\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0628\u0627\u0646", "days": 29 }, "year": "1447", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AH", "expanded": "Anno Hegirae" }, "holidays": [], "adjustedHolidays": [], "method": "HJCoSA" } }, "meta": { "latitude": 8.8888888, "longitude": 7.7777777, "timezone": "Europe\/London", "method": { "id": 15, "name": "Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (Moonsighting.com)", "params": { "shafaq": "general" } }, "latitudeAdjustmentMethod": "NONE", "midnightMode": "STANDARD", "school": "STANDARD", "offset": { "Imsak": 0, "Fajr": 0, "Sunrise": 0, "Dhuhr": 0, "Asr": 0, "Maghrib": 0, "Sunset": 0, "Isha": 0, "Midnight": 0 } } }, { "timings": { "Fajr": "06:17 (GMT)", "Sunrise": "07:56 (GMT)", "Dhuhr": "12:20 (GMT)", "Asr": "14:17 (GMT)", "Sunset": "16:46 (GMT)", "Maghrib": "16:46 (GMT)", "Isha": "18:15 (GMT)", "Imsak": "06:07 (GMT)", "Midnight": "00:21 (GMT)", "Firstthird": "21:49 (GMT)", "Lastthird": "02:52 (GMT)" }, "date": { "readable": "02 Feb 2026", "timestamp": "1770022861", "gregorian": { "date": "02-02-2026", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "02", "weekday": { "en": "Monday" }, "month": { "number": 2, "en": "February" }, "year": "2026", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AD", "expanded": "Anno Domini" }, "lunarSighting": false }, "hijri": { "date": "14-08-1447", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "14", "weekday": { "en": "Al Athnayn", "ar": "\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062b\u0646\u064a\u0646" }, "month": { "number": 8, "en": "Sha\u02bfb\u0101n", "ar": "\u0634\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0628\u0627\u0646", "days": 29 }, "year": "1447", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AH", "expanded": "Anno Hegirae" }, "holidays": [], "adjustedHolidays": [], "method": "HJCoSA" } }, "meta": { "latitude": 8.8888888, "longitude": 7.7777777, "timezone": "Europe\/London", "method": { "id": 15, "name": "Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (Moonsighting.com)", "params": { "shafaq": "general" } }, "latitudeAdjustmentMethod": "NONE", "midnightMode": "STANDARD", "school": "STANDARD", "offset": { "Imsak": 0, "Fajr": 0, "Sunrise": 0, "Dhuhr": 0, "Asr": 0, "Maghrib": 0, "Sunset": 0, "Isha": 0, "Midnight": 0 } } }, { "timings": { "Fajr": "06:15 (GMT)", "Sunrise": "07:54 (GMT)", "Dhuhr": "12:20 (GMT)", "Asr": "14:19 (GMT)", "Sunset": "16:48 (GMT)", "Maghrib": "16:48 (GMT)", "Isha": "18:17 (GMT)", "Imsak": "06:05 (GMT)", "Midnight": "00:21 (GMT)", "Firstthird": "21:50 (GMT)", "Lastthird": "02:52 (GMT)" }, "date": { "readable": "03 Feb 2026", "timestamp": "1770109261", "gregorian": { "date": "03-02-2026", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "03", "weekday": { "en": "Tuesday" }, "month": { "number": 2, "en": "February" }, "year": "2026", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AD", "expanded": "Anno Domini" }, "lunarSighting": false }, "hijri": { "date": "15-08-1447", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "15", "weekday": { "en": "Al Thalaata", "ar": "\u0627\u0644\u062b\u0644\u0627\u062b\u0627\u0621" }, "month": { "number": 8, "en": "Sha\u02bfb\u0101n", "ar": "\u0634\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0628\u0627\u0646", "days": 29 }, "year": "1447", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AH", "expanded": "Anno Hegirae" }, "holidays": [ "Lailat-ul-Bara'at", "Urs of Sayyidina Abu Yazid al-Bistami (\u0642)" ], "adjustedHolidays": [], "method": "HJCoSA" } }, "meta": { "latitude": 8.8888888, "longitude": 7.7777777, "timezone": "Europe\/London", "method": { "id": 15, "name": "Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (Moonsighting.com)", "params": { "shafaq": "general" } }, "latitudeAdjustmentMethod": "NONE", "midnightMode": "STANDARD", "school": "STANDARD", "offset": { "Imsak": 0, "Fajr": 0, "Sunrise": 0, "Dhuhr": 0, "Asr": 0, "Maghrib": 0, "Sunset": 0, "Isha": 0, "Midnight": 0 } } }, { "timings": { "Fajr": "06:13 (GMT)", "Sunrise": "07:52 (GMT)", "Dhuhr": "12:20 (GMT)", "Asr": "14:20 (GMT)", "Sunset": "16:50 (GMT)", "Maghrib": "16:50 (GMT)", "Isha": "18:19 (GMT)", "Imsak": "06:03 (GMT)", "Midnight": "00:21 (GMT)", "Firstthird": "21:51 (GMT)", "Lastthird": "02:51 (GMT)" }, "date": { "readable": "04 Feb 2026", "timestamp": "1770195661", "gregorian": { "date": "04-02-2026", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "04", "weekday": { "en": "Wednesday" }, "month": { "number": 2, "en": "February" }, "year": "2026", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AD", "expanded": "Anno Domini" }, "lunarSighting": false }, "hijri": { "date": "16-08-1447", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "16", "weekday": { "en": "Al Arba'a", "ar": "\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0631\u0628\u0639\u0627\u0621" }, "month": { "number": 8, "en": "Sha\u02bfb\u0101n", "ar": "\u0634\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0628\u0627\u0646", "days": 29 }, "year": "1447", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AH", "expanded": "Anno Hegirae" }, "holidays": [], "adjustedHolidays": [], "method": "HJCoSA" } }, "meta": { "latitude": 8.8888888, "longitude": 7.7777777, "timezone": "Europe\/London", "method": { "id": 15, "name": "Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (Moonsighting.com)", "params": { "shafaq": "general" } }, "latitudeAdjustmentMethod": "NONE", "midnightMode": "STANDARD", "school": "STANDARD", "offset": { "Imsak": 0, "Fajr": 0, "Sunrise": 0, "Dhuhr": 0, "Asr": 0, "Maghrib": 0, "Sunset": 0, "Isha": 0, "Midnight": 0 } } }, { "timings": { "Fajr": "06:11 (GMT)", "Sunrise": "07:50 (GMT)", "Dhuhr": "12:20 (GMT)", "Asr": "14:22 (GMT)", "Sunset": "16:52 (GMT)", "Maghrib": "16:52 (GMT)", "Isha": "18:20 (GMT)", "Imsak": "06:01 (GMT)", "Midnight": "00:21 (GMT)", "Firstthird": "21:51 (GMT)", "Lastthird": "02:51 (GMT)" }, "date": { "readable": "05 Feb 2026", "timestamp": "1770282061", "gregorian": { "date": "05-02-2026", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "05", "weekday": { "en": "Thursday" }, "month": { "number": 2, "en": "February" }, "year": "2026", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AD", "expanded": "Anno Domini" }, "lunarSighting": false }, "hijri": { "date": "17-08-1447", "format": "DD-MM-YYYY", "day": "17", "weekday": { "en": "Al Khamees", "ar": "\u0627\u0644\u062e\u0645\u064a\u0633" }, "month": { "number": 8, "en": "Sha\u02bfb\u0101n", "ar": "\u0634\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0628\u0627\u0646", "days": 29 }, "year": "1447", "designation": { "abbreviated": "AH", "expanded": "Anno Hegirae" }, "holidays": [], "adjustedHolidays": [], "method": "HJCoSA" } }, "meta": { "latitude": 8.8888888, "longitude": 7.7777777, "timezone": "Europe\/London", "method": { "id": 15, "name": "Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (Moonsighting.com)", "params": { "shafaq": "general" } }, "latitudeAdjustmentMethod": "NONE", "midnightMode": "STANDARD", "school": "STANDARD", "offset": { "Imsak": 0, "Fajr": 0, "Sunrise": 0, "Dhuhr": 0, "Asr": 0, "Maghrib": 0, "Sunset": 0, "Isha": 0, "Midnight": 0 } } }, {

NaliMasjid

Any suggestions?

gokboru

NaliMasjid Ramadan Mubarak!

Thank you for sharing the request and response. Can you now please tell me what you think the problem is? Where is the instability?

NaliMasjid

gokboru I’ll send you screenshots of tge website. the problem is Asr time keep change twice a day. so for example today Asr time is 14:42 but now at 12:29 it’s showing 14:42 after 18:00 it will change to 14:44. Iqama time now at 12:29 is 14:54 ie 10 minutes after Adhan, Iqama times saved in DB. Other prayer times are fine.

gokboru

NaliMasjid Sure, but that would appear to be a problem with your website, not the API. Still happy to help where we can.

NaliMasjid

gokboru what can be that issue then ? Any idea. Because just it does this only for Asr time.

gokboru

NaliMasjid Hard to tell - we don't know what is happening in fetch-jamaah-times.php. Perhaps it's something to do with a timezone calculation somewhere in your code.

NaliMasjid

gokboru thanks and Jazakallah brother. I’ll review the code again