Choose the time source: automatic or manual
Prayer timesYour screens only show prayer times once you've chosen a time source. There are two, and the one you choose applies to all of your community's screens.
| Time source | Where the times come from |
|---|---|
| Automatic | Fresh from Diyanet every day, for your mosque's location. |
| Manual | You enter the times yourself, day by day. |
The first time
As long as no time source has been chosen, the Prayer times page asks: “Where is your mosque?”
- For automatic times, select Country, Region and City and click Save.
- If you'd rather enter the times yourself, click Enter manually instead.
Next to it, you can see what the prayer times board on the screen looks like right now. Without a time source, it shows “--:--” everywhere.
Switching later
At the top of the Prayer times page, you switch between Automatic and Manual.
- You can switch to Manual straight away. Nothing is lost.
- When you switch back to Automatic, the Studio asks: “Switch to automatic times?” Switch and delete deletes the times you entered yourself. Save as CSV lets you download them as a file first.
- Without a location, there are no automatic times. If you then choose Automatic, the Location row opens.
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat communities
If your community gave the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat as its umbrella organisation during registration, you always enter the times yourself. In that case, there's no switch.
Related articles
- Set the location for automatic timesAutomatic prayer times apply to a place from Diyanet's location directory. Here's how to choose the country, region and city and change them later.
- Enter prayer times yourselfIn “Manual” mode, you enter the times day by day for the current month and the next two. Here's how it works and what to watch out for.
- Why do our times differ from other calendars?Automatic times come unchanged from Diyanet. Other calendars and apps follow other rules. That's why the times differ, often noticeably in summer.
More on “Prayer times”
- Change the prayer names on the screenIn the Studio, the prayers have names in the Studio's language; the screen shows the names your community sets. Here's how to change them under “Names on the screen”.
- Which prayers does the screen show?Which prayers appear depends on your community's umbrella organisation. This article also explains why the board doesn't show sunrise.
- Why does the screen show “--:--” instead of a time?“--:--” means there's no prayer time for today. Usually no time source has been chosen, or in “Manual” mode, today's entry is missing.
- Are the prayer times correct without internet?Yes. Every screen stores the prayer times for the coming weeks and shows them correctly even without a connection, right past midnight.
Still have questions?
Write to us at info@sadaqa-now.de and include the name of your community. That way we can help you as quickly as possible.