Prayer Times in Cotabato, Philippines

Praying in Cotabato

Cotabato City, on the island of Mindanao, is the capital of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region — the homeland of the Philippines' Muslim minority, around 300,000 people in the city itself. For centuries the Maguindanao Sultanate ruled these river plains; today Cotabato is the political heart of a region that won self-rule in 2019 after decades of struggle.

The city's landmark is the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid — the Grand Mosque, funded by Brunei's sultan and completed in 2011 — the largest mosque in the Philippines, its golden domes mirrored in a lagoon at sunset. Cotabato's Muslim community, the Maguindanaon and Iranun peoples, keeps traditions like the colourful Inaul woven textiles and the rhythmic kulintang gong music. At 7.2°N, prayer times are equatorially stable: Fajr near 4:35 AM, Dhuhr around noon, Maghrib just after 5:50 PM, with the rainy season (June–November) bringing afternoon downpours. During Ramadan, Cotabato's streets fill with pastil (rice with shredded chicken in banana leaf), dodol and the communal spirit of a community celebrating its hard-won autonomy. Tantawan Park offers views over the Rio Grande floodplain, and the old Spanish-era stone fort on Timaco Hill still watches over the city.

🧭 Qibla Direction from Cotabato

From Cotabato, Philippines, the Qibla points 290.8° clockwise from true north — facing west-northwest (WNW). This is the great-circle bearing computed from Cotabato's coordinates (7.1907°, 124.455°) to the Kaaba in Mecca (21.4225°N, 39.8262°E).

290.8° WNW

Hold your phone flat with a compass app: turn until the needle points 290.8° clockwise from north. Keep metal objects away for an accurate reading.

Cotabato — key facts

City

Cotabato, Philippines

Coordinates

7.1907° N, 124.455° E

Timezone

Asia/Manila

Population

around 300,000 in the city

Notable mosque

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid (Grand Mosque, 2011)

Landmark

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Grand Mosque and the Rio Grande de Mindanao

Qibla direction

290.8° (WNW, west-northwest)

Calculation method

Muslim World League (default; changeable above)

Hijri date today

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Calculation method & data source

Times on this page are computed by the Aladhan prayer-times API (free, no key required) for Cotabato's coordinates (7.1907, 124.455), using the Muslim World League method (method 3) by default. You can switch to another convention — Karachi, ISNA, Egypt, Makkah, Turkey (Diyanet), Singapore and more — with the dropdown above; your choice is remembered on this device.

Published timetables and local mosques in Cotabato may differ by a few minutes because they sometimes apply their own adjustments or a different method. When in doubt, follow your local mosque.

FAQs — prayer times in Cotabato

Which direction is the Qibla from Cotabato?

From Cotabato, the Qibla is 290.8° clockwise from true north — facing west-northwest (WNW). It is computed as the great-circle bearing from Cotabato's coordinates (7.1907°, 124.455°) to the Kaaba in Mecca (21.4225°N, 39.8262°E).

What is the Grand Mosque of Cotabato?

The Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid — Cotabato's Grand Mosque — was funded by the Sultan of Brunei and completed in 2011. It is the largest mosque in the Philippines, with golden domes and four 43-metre minarets reflected in an artificial lagoon, and it symbolises the Bangsamoro region's Islamic identity.

What calculation method is used for Cotabato prayer times?

This page uses the Muslim World League method by default, computed via the free Aladhan API from Cotabato's coordinates. You can switch to Karachi, ISNA, Egypt, Makkah, Turkey (Diyanet) and other methods with the dropdown above — your choice is saved on your device.

Why do these times differ slightly from my local mosque in Cotabato?

Mosques sometimes apply their own adjustments — a different calculation method, added safety minutes, or a fixed timetable. A difference of a few minutes is normal; when in doubt, follow your local mosque in Cotabato.