Salaah MCP (Muslim Community Prayer Times)

A FastAPI and MCP service providing Islamic prayer times calculations using the islamic_times library.

Dependencies

This project relies on the following main dependencies:

• FastAPI: Web framework for building APIs
• FastAPI MCP: Model Control Protocol
• islamic_times: Core calculation engine for prayer times
• Pydantic: Data validation

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/salaah-mcp.git
cd salaah-mcp

2. Install uvv and dependencies:

pip install uv
uv install

Usage

uv run run.py

The API will be available at:

• Development: http://localhost:8000
• Production: http://localhost:8000 (configurable via UVV_PORT environment variable)

API Endpoints

Calculate Prayer Times

POST /prayer_times

Calculate prayer times for a given location and date.

Example request:

{
  "latitude": -26.1528113,
  "longitude": 28.0049996,
  "method": "EGYPTIAN"
}

Example response:

{
  "method": "Egyptian General Authority of Survey (Egypt)",
  "fajr": "2025-06-01T05:19:11.373053+02:00",
  "sunrise": "2025-06-01T06:47:44.369263+02:00",
  "zuhr": "2025-06-01T12:05:43.358460+02:00",
  "asr": "2025-06-01T15:23:52.560113+02:00",
  "sunset": "2025-06-01T17:23:52.560113+02:00",
  "maghrib": "2025-06-01T17:23:52.560113+02:00",
  "isha": "2025-06-01T18:43:09.341111+02:00",
  "midnight": "2025-06-02T00:06:02.228763+02:00"
}

Get Qiblah Direction

POST /qiblah

Get Qiblah direction and distance from any location.

{
  "latitude": -26.1528113,
  "longitude": 28.0049996,
  "date": "2025-06-01T00:00:00Z"
}

Example response:

{
  "distance_km": 5452,
  "distance_mi": 3388,
  "direction": "NNE",
  "angle_decimal": 14.647,
  "angle_dms": "014° 38′ 49.84″"
}

Get Sun Information

POST /sun

Get detailed sun position and timing information.

Example response:

{
  "sunrise": "2025-06-01T06:47:40",
  "transit": "2025-06-01T12:05:33",
  "sunset": "2025-06-01T17:23:36",
  "apparent_altitude": -42.659,
  "apparent_azimuth": 276.796,
  "distance_au": 1.014106,
  "apparent_declination": 22.166,
  "apparent_right_ascension": "04h 39m 56.17s",
  "greenwich_hour_angle": 99.904,
  "local_hour_angle": 127.951
}

Get Moon Information

POST /moon

Get detailed moon position and phase information.

Example response:

{
  "moonrise": "2025-06-01T11:39:22",
  "transit": "2025-06-01T16:25:15",
  "moonset": "2025-06-01T22:54:19",
  "illumination": 36.38,
  "apparent_altitude": 25.803,
  "azimuth": 305.203,
  "distance_km": 388391,
  "parallax": 0.941,
  "topocentric_declination": 15.892,
  "topocentric_right_ascension": "09h 52m 04.77s",
  "greenwich_hour_angle": 21.198,
  "local_hour_angle": 49.245
}

Calculate Moon Visibility

POST /moon/visibility

Calculate new moon visibility using Yallop's criterion.

{
  "latitude": -26.1528113,
  "longitude": 28.0049996,
  "date": "2025-05-27T00:00:00Z",
  "days": 3,
  "criterion": 1
}

Example response:

[
  {
    "criterion": "Yallop",
    "date": "2025-05-27T15:28:52",
    "value": -0.788,
    "description": "F: Not visible; below the Danjon limit."
  },
  {
    "criterion": "Yallop",
    "date": "2025-05-28T15:56:44",
    "value": 0.958,
    "description": "A: Easily visible."
  }
]

Available Calculation Methods

• ISNA: Islamic Society of North America
• MWL: Muslim World League
• UMM_AL_QURA: Umm al-Qura University, Makkah
• EGYPTIAN: Egyptian General Authority of Survey
• KARACHI: University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi
• TEHRAN: Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran
• JAFARI: Shia Ithna Ashari, Leva Research Institute, Qom

Claude Desktop Integration

To use the prayer times service with Claude Desktop:

1. Create a configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Salaah Times": {
      "command": "/Users/yusuf/.local/bin/mcp-proxy",
      "env": {
        "SSE_URL": "http://localhost:8000/mcp"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Save this as claude_desktop_config.json in your Claude Desktop configuration directory.

3. Make sure the MCP service is running:

uv run run.py

4. Start Claude Desktop and you can now ask questions about prayer times like:

• "What time is Asr prayer today?"
• "When is Fajr tomorrow in Johannesburg?"
• "Show me all prayer times for London"

The AI will use the MCP service to calculate accurate prayer times based on your queries.