Accurate Times

Accurate Times is a software program which helps people view all sort of Islamic astronomical events, so that they can pray at the correct times.

The installation process does not bring any surprises, and after finishing it, you are greeted by a user-friendly GUI, which allows any type of person to work with it, without experiencing problems.

The main window presents several buttons and a panel in which to view today’s prayer times. The latter also displays the machine’s time and date in both Gregorian and Hejric calendars, as well as the six prayer times (Fajer, Shuroq, Dhohur, Aser, Maghreb and Isha).

In order to ensure the accuracy of all these calculations, you are required to choose your location and method of calculating the Fajer and Isha angles (begin and end of twilight).

This software tool enables you to set up custom alerts for prayer times. For example, you can make it beep with a few minutes before prayer time or show a pop up window and play the Athan. For each prayer time, you can choose which Athan to hear, namely the Mecca or Jerusalem one.

It is possible to view the moon phases (new and full moon, first and last quarter), the moon rise, transit and set times for the current day, crescent visibility and the Qiblah map. In addition to that, the utility can calculate the time when the Sun (or its shadow) is at Qiblah direction.

With extensive and well-organized Help contents, a user-friendly interface, feature-rich environment and good response time, Accurate Times proves to be a useful piece of software, especially for devout Muslims.