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Imsak:

The time to stop eating Sahur (for fasting), slightly before Fajr.

Fajr:

When the sky begins to lighten (dawn).

Sunrise:

The time at which the first part of the Sun appears above the horizon.

Dhuhr:

When the Sun begins to decline after reaching its highest point in the sky.

Asr:

The time when the length of any object's shadow reaches a factor (usually 1 or 2) of the length of the object itself plus the length of that object's shadow at noon.

Sunset:

The time at which the Sun disappears below the horizon.

Maghrib:

Soon after sunset.

Isha:

The time at which darkness falls and there is no scattered light in the sky.

Midnight:

The mean time from sunset to sunrise (or from Maghrib to Fajr, in some schools of thought).