A readable prayer timetable
Practical advice for a clear prayer timetable on a mosque notice board or screen: size, contrast, columns, Friday highlight and keeping the sheet up to date.
A timetable that cannot be read from two metres is not much use. A few practical points:
- Print in landscape on A4 or A3; use the largest size that fits the table.
- High contrast: black on white, no colours on a dark background.
- Use 24-hour or 12-hour clock to match your community, and say which one at the top.
- Highlight Fridays and mark the Jumu'ah time on the sheet.
- Put the date of printing and the month clearly, and replace the sheet at the beginning of each month.
- Share a copy by WhatsApp or the mosque's page so that people can check at home.
The times are calculated and the iqamah times are only the delays you enter. Each mosque decides its own times, and many add a margin of caution; please check the sheet against your usual practice and a local scholar before putting it on the notice board. This is not a ruling.