Calculate by city and evening date
Select the date on which the night begins. For a pre-dawn result on 28 March, choose the evening of 27 March. All results use the selected city's time zone, even if your device is elsewhere.
Night beginning 2026-11-04 in Karachi
Method: University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi. Time zone: Asia/Karachi. Elapsed night: 694 minutes. Derived times are rounded to the nearest minute.
- Maghrib
- Following Fajr
- Night midpoint
- Last third begins
The last-third interval ends at the following Fajr shown above. Today's prayer timetable in Karachi.
The formula, with a simple example
For Maghrib at 6:00 PM and next-day Fajr at 6:00 AM on a night without a clock change, the elapsed night is 12 hours. One third is four hours, so its last third begins at 2:00 AM. The midpoint is midnight in that example; it need not be 12:00 AM on another date.
The calculator uses Maghrib → next Fajr, rather than Isha → Fajr or sunset → sunrise. That endpoint choice matters. Maghrib includes any adjustment built into the selected preset. It is a calculated convention, not a field observation.
Tahajjud and religious guidance
The Federal Territories Mufti's discussion of dividing the night and qiyamullail describes a night extending from Maghrib to dawn and treats the division as approximate. This tool illustrates that division; the last-third result is not the only permissible time for every form of night prayer. Consult qualified guidance for practice.
Clock changes and high latitudes
On a daylight-saving transition, subtracting the printed hours can misstate the duration. We divide elapsed time between the calculated instants, then show the results with their local dates and UTC offsets. At high latitudes, Fajr may itself be an approximation; follow the adopted local timetable and see our high-latitude guide.