Fajr Prayer Times — Karaj, Iran – 03:42
Today's Islamic prayer times in Karaj, Iran include Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. View the full Muslim prayer timetable for today and the upcoming days.
Fajr Prayer Times
03:42
Karaj, Iran · Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran
Today's Salah Times in Karaj
Dawn breaks over Karaj at 03:42. Meet it in sujood and the rest of the day arranges itself.
The Coolest Air of the Day
Air over Karaj is typically at its coldest a few minutes after 03:42 — a small physical reminder of the prayer’s privilege.
A Witnessed Prayer
The angels of night and day overlap at Fajr in Karaj — your prayer at 03:42 is witnessed by both shifts.
When Twilight Lasts All Night
Above ~60° latitude, summer twilight never ends — at Karaj’s 35.8°, methods apply night-portion fallbacks so 03:42 remains stable.
Fajr Sadiq vs Kadhib
False dawn (Fajr Kadhib) glows briefly before 03:42 in Karaj; true dawn (Fajr Sadiq) spreads horizontally and is the basis of today’s 03:42.
Twilight Geometry
Light progresses from astronomical dawn to sunrise in about 96 minutes here — at the equator this would be ~75 minutes, at the poles, hours.
Anchor Your Sleep
Lock bedtime at 20:12 for fourteen consecutive nights and Fajr at 03:42 stops being a struggle — your body reorganises itself around it.
This Week vs Today
In seven days Karaj’s Fajr will be 8 minutes later than today’s 03:42 — small enough to miss, large enough to break a routine.
Dawn at 17.7°
Today’s 03:42 occurs the moment the sun reaches 17.7° beneath Karaj’s horizon — a measurement the unaided eye cannot make, which is why the calendar matters.