PrayTime is a small program written in vala which find timings of Islamic Prayer and play the adhan at the given time.
PrayTime use the api on aladhan.com to retriew timings.
valac curl meson ninja glib gobject json-glib gstreamer pluie-echo
see meson.build
glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0')
gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0')
gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0')
json_dep = dependency('json-glib-1.0')
gstreamer_dep = dependency('gstreamer-1.0')
echo_dep = dependency('pluie-echo-0.2')
on debian or debian like you can do :
$ sudo apt-get install valac libjson-glib-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev meson ninja-build
there is not yet a package for pluie-echo dependency, but you can install it with :
cd /tmp/
git clone https://github.com/pluie-org/libpluie-echo.git --branch latest --single-branch
cd libpluie-echo
meson --prefix=/usr ./ build
sudo ninja install -C build
git clone the project then cd to project and do :
meson --prefix=/usr ./ build
sudo ninja install -C build
[Params]
# see api.aladhan.com
city = Paris
country = FR
method = 3
latitudeAdjustmentMethod = 3
[Volumes]
# you can use same volume for all prayer
default = 1.00
# or adjust volume to specific prayer
fajr = 0.30
dhuhr = 0.70
asr = 0.40
# maghrib use default volume
maghrib =
isha = 0.40
[Adhan]
# you can use same file for all prayer
default = /home/a-sansara/Dev/Vala/4006.mp3
# or define specific file for each prayer
fajr = /home/a-sansara/Dev/Vala/Adhan-Fajr-Makkah-Sheikh-Ali-Ahmed-Mulla.ogg
dhuhr = /home/a-sansara/Dev/Vala/Filipino-Adhan.ogg
asr = /home/a-sansara/Dev/Vala/azan.ogg
maghrib = /home/a-sansara/Dev/Vala/adhan.ogg
# isha use default file
isha =
[Cron]
# timings updating time
time = 02:22
First step is to edit configuration file
/usr/share/praytime.praytime.ini
Set your city & location, then add some adhan file
After that you can initialise the cron installation with
$ praytime cron
you can test adhan with :
# Fajr or other prayer
praytime play Fajr
to see current timings simply do :
$ praytime
the red star indicates coming prayers