Bilal Masjid Prayer Times: How to Find the Right One
There are 37 mosques named Bilal Masjid, Masjid Bilal, or a close variation in the MosqueIndex directory, spread across 18 states, so the first step to getting accurate prayer times is picking the right one. Open that mosque's listing and you get today's five prayer times calculated for its exact coordinates in its own timezone, plus the address and phone number you need to confirm Jummah and iqama times with the community itself.
That distinction matters more than it sounds. The daily prayer times can be calculated from a location. Jummah and iqama times cannot, because each mosque sets those itself.
There is more than one Bilal Masjid
The name honors Bilal ibn Rabah, a companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the first muadhin in Islam, the man who gave the call to prayer. Communities across the United States have named their masjid after him, which is why searching "Bilal Masjid prayer times" pulls back results from half a dozen cities at once.
These are independent congregations with their own schedules, in different timezones. Some of the listings in the directory:
| Mosque | City | Listing |
|---|---|---|
| Bilal Masjid | Beaverton, OR | View listing |
| Masjid Bilal - ISGH | Houston, TX | View listing |
| Islamic Center of Greater Phoenix (Masjid Bilal) | Phoenix, AZ | View listing |
| Masjid Bilal | Baltimore, MD | View listing |
| Masjid Bilal Islamic Center | Columbus, OH | View listing |
| Masjid Bilal Queens | Jamaica, NY | View listing |
| Bilal Mosque | Jersey City, NJ | View listing |
The rest, including variations like Masjid Bilal ibn Rabah and Bilal Islamic Center, are reachable by browsing mosques by state and opening your city.
How to find prayer times for your Bilal Masjid
- Start at the mosque directory, pick the state, then the city. Beaverton, Oregon sits at /mosques/oregon/beaverton.
- Open the listing. Names come from the public map record, so a masjid you know as "Bilal" may be listed as "Masjid Bilal" or under a longer Islamic center name.
- Read today's times at the top of the listing. The block shows Fajr, sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha, and marks which prayer is next.
- Use the phone number or website on the listing to confirm the Jummah time and the iqama schedule.
If you are traveling, note that each listing calculates times in the mosque's own timezone. A Houston listing shows Houston times even when you are reading it from Portland, so you can plan the visit before you land.
How the daily times are calculated (and why apps disagree)
MosqueIndex computes the five daily times from each mosque's latitude and longitude using the ISNA method: Fajr and Isha at a 15 degree sun angle, with the standard Asr calculation. That follows the Fiqh Council of North America, which suggests 15 degrees for both Fajr and Isha in the USA (13 degrees in Canada) and notes it corresponds to the "Islamic Society of North America" setting in most prayer apps.
Other conventions use different angles, which is the usual reason two sources disagree:
| Convention | Fajr angle | Isha angle |
|---|---|---|
| Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) | 15 | 15 |
| Muslim World League | 18 | 17 |
| Egyptian General Authority of Survey | 19.5 | 17.5 |
| Umm al-Qura University, Makkah | 18.5 | 90 minutes after Maghrib |
Angles above are from the PrayTimes.org calculation reference. A wider angle puts the sun further below the horizon at the moment the prayer begins, so Fajr starts earlier and Isha later. Depending on your latitude and the season, that gap runs from a few minutes to around twenty. Dhuhr and Maghrib barely move between conventions, and Asr shifts only if the calculator uses the Hanafi shadow rule instead of the standard one. So if your app disagrees with a listing, check which method it is set to before assuming either is wrong.
The underlying location data comes from OpenStreetMap, which is open data licensed under the Open Database License and free to reuse with attribution. Our methodology page documents the sourcing and the calculation in full.
Jummah and iqama times are set by the mosque
A calculated time tells you when the prayer window opens. It does not tell you when the congregation actually stands. Iqama, the call that starts congregational prayer, is set by each masjid, often a fixed number of minutes after the calculated time and sometimes on a seasonal schedule. Jummah works the same way: the khutbah might begin at 1:00, 1:30 or 2:00, and busier masajid often run two or three Friday sessions to fit everyone.
We show community-confirmed Jummah and iqama times where we have them, and label them as not yet confirmed where we do not, rather than guessing. Treat every calculated time on the site as an estimate to plan around, and confirm the Friday and iqama schedule with the mosque before you go. That is worth the phone call during Ramadan especially, when taraweeh and iftar shift the whole evening.
Find your Bilal Masjid on MosqueIndex
If you know the city, go straight to it: browse mosques by state and city, open the listing, and today's times are at the top of the page. If you are not sure which Bilal Masjid is yours, match the street address on the listing against the one you have visited. Each record carries the address, a map, and a phone number where the public data has one. If a detail is wrong or missing, you can submit a correction and we will update the record.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know which Bilal Masjid is mine? Match the city and street address rather than the name. Several masajid share the Bilal name within a single state, and a few are listed under a fuller Islamic center name with "Masjid Bilal" in brackets.
Why does my prayer app show a different Fajr time? Almost always the calculation method. We use ISNA at 15 degrees. An app set to the Muslim World League at 18 degrees will show an earlier Fajr and a later Isha for the same spot on the same day.
Are the Jummah times on a listing guaranteed? No. Jummah and iqama times are set by the mosque and reach us through community submissions, so we label them as confirmed or not yet confirmed and ask you to check with the masjid directly.
Can I see prayer times for the next seven days? Not yet. Each listing shows today's times, recalculated for the mosque's location every day, so check back the following morning for tomorrow.
The listing shows a name I do not recognize. Is it the right mosque? Probably, if the address matches. Listing names come from the public OpenStreetMap record, which may use the mosque's registered or older name rather than the one the community uses day to day.