Daily schedules for Buddhism, Catholicism, Coptic Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, and Sikhism, calculated for your location.
Morning practice is common across many Buddhist traditions and may include meditation, chanting, recitation, taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, or renewing the ethical precepts. The form varies by school, temple, and individual practice. Buddhism does not prescribe a universal prayer hour after sunrise, so the time shown here is an approximate solar reference rather than a canonical requirement.
Midday may be used for meditation, study, walking practice, or other forms of recollection, depending on the community. In some monastic traditions, especially Theravada, the daily meal is traditionally completed before noon. Buddhism does not establish solar noon as a universal prayer time, so this listing serves as a practical daytime reference rather than a prescribed observance.
An evening period for meditation, chanting, recitation, or reflection. Evening practice is common in many Buddhist temples and monasteries, although its form varies considerably among traditions. It may include meditation, teachings or sacred texts, devotional chanting, and the dedication of merit. The time shown here uses sunset as a practical solar reference, not a prescribed Buddhist prayer time.
A later period for meditation, chanting, or quiet reflection before the end of the day. Depending on the tradition, practitioners may reflect on their conduct, cultivate loving-kindness or compassion, recite teachings or mantras, or dedicate the merit of their practice to others. There is no universal Buddhist night prayer or prescribed hour. The time shown here is an approximate reference for personal practice.
Buddhist traditions vary widely in daily practice and do not share a universal schedule of prescribed prayer times. Meditation, chanting, recitation, and reflection may be practiced individually or in community, with schedules differing considerably among Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana traditions and among individual temples and monasteries.
The coordinates for Windhoek, Namibia are 22.5594°S, 17.0832°E. It is located in the tropical zone. September 6, 2026 is the 1st day of winter. On this date, Windhoek receives approximately 11 hours and 46 minutes of daylight.
