delaySAJDA

Abstract

There are three specific times in a day, around sunrise, noon and sunset, for a total of 26 minutes, when prostration (sajda in Arabic) is forbidden, according to the religion of Islam.

Claims

1. The three forbidden prostration times during the day, according to the religion of Islam, around Sunrise, Noon and Sunset, amount to approximately 26 minutes. Specifically,
(Sunrise1 minute) through (Sunrise+10 minutes)=12 minutes,
(Noon4 minutes) through (Noon+2 minutes)=7 minutes, and
(Sunset5 minutes) through (Sunset+1 minute)=7 minutes. (a) Forbidden times calculated programmatically for a specific administrative or GPS location and displayed color-coded on a mobile appdelaySAJDAby painting the screen red; yellow as a warning five minutes in advance of forbidden times, and remaining green otherwise.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

[0007] FIG. 1. The three daily forbidden times for prostration are represented by red segments. The line of sight is presumed to be at the horizon, represented by horizontal dotted line.

[0008] FIG. 2. The three cyclic phasesgreen, yellow and redof the mobile app, delaySAJDA, representing OK to Pray, Warningforbidden time closely approaching within 5 minutes, and Forbidden to pray respectively.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] By determining how many minutes it takes for the sun to be above the horizon by the length of a spear at sunrise, how many minutes it takes for the sun to cross over the zenith during Noon, and how many minutes it takes for the sun to set once its disc touches the horizon at sunset, we can bring specificity to forbidden time periods. Add sunrise and sunset times for a specific location to this equation, and we can calculate forbidden times for any city or global location.