Markaz

Markaz - The Centre of Your Deen!

Never miss a prayer again. Markaz calculates accurate prayer times using proven astronomical formulas and works entirely offline to deliver reliable prayer times wherever you are.

🕌 Precise Prayer Times
• All five daily prayers plus Sunrise, Duha, Qiyam al-Layl and Tahajjud
• Live countdown to the next prayer so you're always prepared
• More than 20 internationally recognised calculation methods (Muslim World League, Umm Al-Qura, ISNA, Egyptian, and more), plus a fully customisable method for your own angles
• Hanafi and Shafi'i juristic schools support
• Browse past and future dates with a built-in date picker
• Hijri (Islamic) calendar date display
• 12-hour or 24-hour time format support

📖 The Holy Quran & Audio
• Read the entire Quran with beautiful typography and translations
• High-quality audio recitations with integrated media controls
• Resume reading or listening exactly where you left off

📚 Learn How to Pray
• Step-by-step interactive Salah walkthroughs with an animated 3D guide, synced Quran recitation, transliteration, and translation
• A growing library of authentic guides covering Wudu & purification, congregational prayer, and the fundamentals of Salah

📿 Tasbih & Dhikr
• A beautiful digital tasbih counter to track your daily dhikr and adhkar, wherever you are

💡 Daily Inspiration
• Start your day with a brand new "Ayah of the Day"
• Beautiful "Daily Dawah" (Authentic Hadiths and Islamic quotes) dynamically updated every day

🧭 Qibla Compass
• Built-in compass shows the precise direction to the Kaaba from your location
• Real-time bearing readout in degrees

📍 Flexible Location
• Automatic GPS detection
• Search for any city worldwide
• Enter coordinates manually for maximum precision and privacy

🐧 Native Linux Experience
• System Tray Integration: Keep Markaz running quietly in the background via your desktop's System Tray (AppIndicator support) for instant access without cluttering your dock
• Seamless Media Controls: Control Quran audio playback natively using your keyboard's media keys or your desktop environment's sound menu via MPRIS integration
• Beautiful Desktop UI: A fully responsive, beautifully crafted desktop interface that adapts perfectly to your monitor size and supports native GTK/Linux dark modes

🔔 Prayer Notifications
• Get notified for each prayer with beautiful adhan sounds from Makkah, Madinah, Al-Aqsa, and many more
• Customise notification mode per prayer - sound, vibration, or silent

🎨 Beautiful & Adaptive Design
• Dynamic animated weather backgrounds that reflect real conditions
• Dark, Light, or System-matched theme
• Fully supports multiple languages, including Right-to-Left language support
• Cloud sync your preferences seamlessly across devices
• Choose which prayers to show or hide on your dashboard