Accurate Times is the official program adopted by the Jordanian Ministry of Islamic Affairs to calculate the prayer times in Jordan. The program runs under Windows, and it is written by Mohammad Odeh, the chairman of the Islamic Crescents' Observation Project (ICOP).
Accurate Times calculates the following astronomical events: Islamic prayer times (Fajer, Shuroq, Dhohur, Aser, Maghreb, and Isha), Sun times, moon times, moon phases, crescent visibility for both; new and old crescents, crescent visibility world map for both; new and old crescents, calculations for Sun and Moon ephemeris, Qiblah direction, Qiblah time, Hejric-Gregorian conversion, The prayer call (Athan) launches automatically when it is the time of the prayer.
Accurate Times contains several options which cannot be found in any other program. Accurate Times offers two kind of alerts. The first one is few Beeps you hear before a certain time you specify. This can be used to remind you to perform the previous prayer before the next prayer occurs! The second alert is to hear the prayer call (Athan) when it is the time of the prayer. The user has the option to choose to hear either Mecca Athan or Jerusalem Athan.
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