Fajr Prayer Times — Bissau, Guinea-Bissau – 05:38
Today's Islamic prayer times in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau include Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. View the full Muslim prayer timetable for today and the upcoming days.
Fajr Prayer Times
05:38
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau · Muslim World League
Today's Salah Times in Bissau
Across the year Fajr in Bissau swings between 05:19 and 06:00 — today’s 05:38 is one point on that arc.
Pay Sleep Forward
Owe yourself sleep before Fajr in Bissau — never owe it after; rest borrowed against the dawn prayer is rarely repaid.
When Travelling
Travelling through or near Bissau, you may shorten or join Isha and Maghrib, but Fajr at 05:38 is prayed in full and on time.
Karachi (Univ. of Islamic Sciences)
The Karachi method (18° / 18°) is widely used across South Asia; Bissau adopts Muslim World League instead, placing today’s Fajr at 05:38.
Dawn at 18°
Today’s 05:38 occurs the moment the sun reaches 18° beneath Bissau’s horizon — a measurement the unaided eye cannot make, which is why the calendar matters.
For Caregivers
For parents of small children, sleeping by 22:08 for a 05:38 prayer in Bissau is rarely about tidiness — it is about claiming a single quiet ten minutes that belong only to Allah.
Why Light Bends Before Sunrise
Atmospheric refraction lifts the sun’s image above the geometric horizon, lengthening dawn — your 72-minute window in Bissau already accounts for this.
A Light on the Face
The Prophet ﷺ said the one who prays Fajr is in the protection of Allah — a sign believers historically carried as a softness on the face.
Timezone vs Solar Noon
In Bissau, Fajr at 05:38 answers to solar geometry, not the political clock — that is why two cities in the same timezone often differ.