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Zmanim in Panama City

The halachic times for any day, each with the opinion it follows. Calculated for Panama City, in Panama time.

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Tuesday, July 27, 2027

Times are Panama time (UTC−5). Panama doesn’t change its clocks.

Davening windows

  • Shacharit from sunrise () until the latest time for the Amidah, (GRA) or (Magen Avraham). Shema by (GRA) or (Magen Avraham).
  • Mincha from until sunset at .
  • Maariv from nightfall, (three medium stars). Some communities daven Maariv earlier, after plag hamincha ().

A seasonal hour today is 63 minutes (GRA) or 75 minutes (Magen Avraham). For a shul’s minyan times, ask the shul.

Morning

Dawn (Alos hashachar)Sun 16.1° below the horizon
Earliest tallis and tefillin (Misheyakir)Sun 11.5° below the horizon
Sunrise (Netz hachamah)Sea-level sunrise
Latest Shema (Sof zman Shema)Magen Avraham: 3 seasonal hours after dawn (72 minutes before sunrise)
Latest Shema (Sof zman Shema)GRA: 3 seasonal hours after sunrise
Latest Shacharit (Sof zman tefillah)Magen Avraham: 4 seasonal hours after dawn
Latest Shacharit (Sof zman tefillah)GRA: 4 seasonal hours after sunrise

Afternoon

Midday (Chatzos)Halfway between sunrise and sunset
Earliest Mincha (Mincha gedolah)Half a seasonal hour after midday
Preferred Mincha from (Mincha ketanah)9½ seasonal hours after sunrise
Plag (Plag hamincha)10¾ seasonal hours after sunrise

Evening

Sunset (Shkiah)Sea-level sunset
Nightfall (Tzeis hakochavim)Sun 7.083° below the horizon (three medium stars)
Nightfall (Tzeis hakochavim)Sun 8.5° below the horizon (Chabad’s end of Shabbat)
Nightfall, 72 minutes (Tzeis (Rabbeinu Tam))72 fixed minutes after sunset

Dates, Yom Tov and the parasha from Hebcal.com (CC BY 4.0). Times computed by us.

The year ahead

Fast days

When each public fast begins and ends in Panama City. Yom Kippur is on the Shabbat times page, with candle lighting.

  1. Asara B’Tevet

    BeginsSun, Dec 20, 2026
    EndsSun, Dec 20

  2. Ta’anit Esther

    BeginsMon, Mar 22, 2027
    EndsMon, Mar 22

  3. Ta’anit Bechorot

    Kept by firstborn men

    BeginsWed, Apr 21, 2027
    EndsWed, Apr 21

  4. Tzom Tammuz

    BeginsThu, Jul 22, 2027
    EndsThu, Jul 22

  5. Tish’a B’Av

    BeginsWed, Aug 11, 2027
    EndsThu, Aug 12

  6. Tzom Gedaliah

    BeginsMon, Oct 4, 2027
    EndsMon, Oct 4

Minor fasts begin at dawn (16.1°) and end at nightfall (7.083°); Tisha B’Av begins at sunset the evening before and ends at 6.45° (Rabbi Tucazinsky). These are Hebcal’s standard opinions; many communities end fasts later.

How we work these out

The method, in plain words

Sun and stars

Every time here is calculated on our own server from the sun’s position, with the formulas the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes, for Panama City at sea level. Times that depend on the sun being below the horizon (dawn, nightfall) use the angle named beside them.

Seasonal hours

The GRA divides the time from sunrise to sunset into 12 equal hours; the Magen Avraham divides dawn to nightfall, each taken as 72 minutes from sunrise and sunset. Near the equator the days barely change length, so the GRA’s seasonal hour stays close to 60 minutes all year.

Rounding

Rounded the cautious way: a time you must be done by (the latest Shema, sunset) rounds down, and a time you must wait for (dawn, nightfall) rounds up. We check them against Hebcal’s published zmanim for 24 dates from 2026 to 2029, and they agree to within a minute. Our times may be a minute earlier or later than a shul’s printed sheet.

These are calculations, not a psak. Ask your rav which opinions to follow, and follow your shul’s published times.

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