Statusbar Prayer Times

• The prayer times script is inspired by Nofarah Tech prayer times scripts. In Addition, I added support for statusbars like waybar and desktop notifications.

Dependencies

• wget
• at
• yad
• mpv
• dunst (x11)
• polybar (x11)
• mako (wayland)
• waybar (wayland)
• Nerd Font (optional)

Procedures

1. Copy files to their corresponding location on your system
2. Modify the location latitude and longitude in .local/bin/prayer-times to match your location
3. Set the print lang in .local/bin/prayer-times (options: en, ar)
4. Activate systemd user unit
5. Add statusbar module
6. Add notification daemon rule
7. Configure Yad dialog to show in floating mode

Systemd Unit

• Run one of the following commands to activate the service for your user
  • systemctl --user enable --now prayer-times.service # start on boot
  • systemctl --user enable --now prayer-times.timer # start on boot + every 8 hours

Statusbar Module

Polybar

• Add the following to your polybar config file (~/.config/polybar/config[.ini]) then add the module
• Modify colors according to your liking (replace #83CAFA)

[module/prayers]
type = custom/script
exec = $HOME/.local/bin/prayer-times status
interval = 60
label = %{A:$HOME/.local/bin/prayer-times yad:}%{F#83CAFA}󱠧 %{F-} %output%%{A}

Waybar (Wayland)

• Add the following custom module to your waybar config (~/.config/waybar/config)

"custom/prayers": {
  "interval": 60,
  "return-type": "json",
  "exec": "$HOME/.local/bin/prayer-times waybar",
  "on-click": "$HOME/.local/bin/prayer-times yad",
  "format": "󱠧  {}",
}

Notification Athan

Dunst

• Add the following rule to your dunstrc file (~/.config/dunst/dunstrc)
• Replace USERNAME with your account username

[play_athan]
summary = "Prayer Times"
script = "/home/USERNAME/.local/bin/play-athan"

Mako (Wayland)

• Add the following criteria/rule to mako config (~/.config/mako/config)

[summary="Prayer Times"]
on-notify=exec $HOME/.local/bin/play-athan

Yad Dialog

• Window Title: Prayers
• Configure your window manager to show the Yad window in floating mode and you're all set!
• Example window rule for Hyprland

windowrulev2 = float,class:(yad)
windowrulev2 = move cursor -50% 30,title:(Prayers)

References

• Nofarah Tech | نوفرة تك (video) (dotfiles)
• Aladhan API
• Polybar config
• Default dunstrc
• Mako(5)
• Waybar Custom Module