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SMS prayer times
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| Command | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| location | PRAYTIME 90210 PRAYTIME Chicago, IL PRAYTIME ORD |
Get prayer times for a location. Location can be a zip code, city and state, or 3-letter airport code, or any place name understood by Google Maps. |
| set location | PRAYTIME SET 90210 PRAYTIME SET Chicago |
Sets a default location associated with your phone number. Setting a default location allows you to make requests without specifying a location. The default location is also used for alerts. |
|
pause pause num |
PRAYTIME PAUSE PRAYTIME PAUSE 10 |
Pauses all alerts for 2 days. If num is specified, then will pause for the given number of days. |
|
set azan set noazan |
PRAYTIME SET azan PRAYTIME SET NOAZAN |
Enables/disables prayer alerts. |
|
set daily set nodaily |
PRAYTIME SET daily PRAYTIME SET nodaily |
Enables/disables daily prayer time digests. |
| set hilal set nohilal |
PRAYTIME SET HILAL PRAYTIME SET NOHILAL |
Enables/disables moonsighting alerts for your account. |
| set hanafi set nohanafi |
PRAYTIME SET HANAFI PRAYTIME SET nohanafi |
Enables/disables Hanafi-style 'Asr time calculation. |
| set method | PRAYTIME SET karachi PRAYTIME SET mwl PRAYTIME SET isna PRAYTIME SET egy PRAYTIME SET ksa |
Sets the calculation method to use for fajr and isha. |
| set salat set nosalat |
PRAYTIME SET fajr PRAYTIME SET nozuhr PRAYTIME SET asr PRAYTIME SET maghrib PRAYTIME SET noisha |
Enables/disables prayer alerts for the individual salat. |
| unsub praytime leave praytime |
UNSUB PRAYTIME LEAVE PRAYTIME |
This will unsubscribe you from all Praytime alerts and daily digests. |
| sub praytime join praytime |
SUB PRAYTIME JOIN PRAYTIME |
This command will automatically subscribe you to Praytime, and will enable alerts to be sent to your phone. |
SET commands can be chained together, with the caveat that the location is specified last. The following are all valid requests:
PRAYTIME SET mwl daily seattle, wa
PRAYTIME set hilal azan daily hanafi karachi 60148
PRAYTIME set azan ksa Washington DC
How do I unsubscribe from Praytime?
See the UNSUB command above to completely unsubscribe from all Praytime text messages. You will still receive a response when texting a location to Praytime however. You can also selectively turn off daily digest alerts, prayer alerts, and/or hilal alerts by using the set nodaily, noazan, and nohilal commands, respectively.