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Today’s Prayer Times (McDougall’s Prayer Hall)

December 12, 2018
Prayer	Begins	Iqamah
Fajr	6:05 am	7:30 am
Sunrise	8:15 am
Zuhr	12:03 pm	1:15 pm
Asr	1:34 pm	1:40 pm
Maghrib	3:50 pm	3:50 pm
Isha	5:53 pm	7:00 pm

Jummuah is at 12:15 and 13:00

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