Capital: Abu Dhabi · Single time zone (GST, UTC+4) · a federation of seven emirates coordinated nationally under one Islamic affairs authority.
METHOD: DUBAI, UAEThe UAE's prayer times use Aladhan's "Dubai, UAE" calculation method, a research-based convention developed by Batoul Apps around Dubai's coordinates and adopted widely across the country — distinct from broader regional conventions like Umm al-Qura or the Muslim World League. On the coordination side, the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments (Awqaf) is the federal body that oversees the national Ramadan and prayer calendar across all seven emirates, even though each emirate historically ran its own religious affairs with a fair amount of local autonomy before the federation formed in 1971.
It refers to a specific Aladhan calculation method developed by researchers (Batoul Apps) around Dubai's coordinates and adopted widely across the UAE, distinct from broader regional conventions like Umm al-Qura or MWL.
The General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments (Awqaf) is the federal body that coordinates religious affairs, including the national prayer and Ramadan calendar, across all seven emirates.
They're calculated with the same method, though small differences of a minute or two appear between emirates like Fujairah on the east coast and Abu Dhabi on the west, purely from their different coordinates.