Fajr Prayer Times — Cairo, Egypt – 04:40
Today's Islamic prayer times in Cairo, Egypt include Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. View the full Muslim prayer timetable for today and the upcoming days.
Fajr Prayer Times
04:40
Cairo, Egypt · Egyptian General Authority of Survey
Today's Salah Times in Cairo
Anchor your day at 04:40 in Cairo — the prayer that moves first moves everything else with it.
Annual Swing
Across the year Fajr in Cairo swings about 66 minutes between 04:08 and 05:14 — a measurable footprint of the earth’s tilt.
Screens Off Until Sunrise
Holding off on screens between 04:40 and 06:17 in Cairo preserves the calmest minutes of the day.
Rebuilding After a Miss
A missed Fajr in Cairo is repaid as soon as you wake — the door is not closed, only relocated.
Sleep Around Taraweeh
Splitting sleep — a nap after Isha, a longer rest after Fajr at 04:40 — is a Ramadan-tested strategy in Cairo.
City Coordinates
Cairo is anchored at 30.0° latitude, 31.2° east — those numbers are what the calendar quietly uses to compute today’s 04:40.
Forty Days of Takbir
Catching the opening takbir of Fajr at 04:40 for forty consecutive days in Cairo carries the prophetic promise of two freedoms — from hellfire and from hypocrisy.
Why Capital Times Don’t Apply
Cairo’s Fajr at 04:40 runs 2 minute(s) earlier than Alexandria — relying on capital times alone misaligns the prayer.
Walking to the Mosque
Each step toward the masjid before 04:40 in Cairo raises a degree and erases a sin — distance is reward, not friction.