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Zmanim by text message

Text your zip code or city and the zmanim for today come right back. It works on any phone that can send a text — no internet needed.

Send a text to(845) 209-2361Write your zip code, your city, or a short code such as KJ
Send a text

How it works

  1. Start a new text message to (845) 209-2361
  2. Type your zip code, your city, or a short code such as KJ
  3. Send it — the zmanim come back within seconds

What you can send

You sendYou get back
KJToday's zmanim
KJ tomTomorrow's zmanim
KJ date 10/09/2026The zmanim for a given day — write the civil date as month/day/year
KJ fullAll the zmanim — misheyakir, latest tefillah, mincha gedolah, mincha ketanah and plag hamincha too, each with its Gra time — and every time to the second. It goes with tom or a date as well: KJ tom full

Short codes for popular cities

Send the short code or the zip code — either one works. For any other place, send its zip code or the name of the city.

On a phone, tap a city to open a text that is ready to send.

What comes back

The reply carries the day of the week, the parsha, the Hebrew and the civil date, and the zmanim. The zmanim are labelled like this:

Send full and the lines marked "with full" come back too, and every time is given to the second.

Example: Kiryas Joel, Friday 10/09/2026
In the textThe zman
AlosAlos hashachar
MisheyakirMisheyakir (earliest talis and tefillin)with full
NetzHanetz hachamah (sunrise)
S'ZKLatest krias shema
S'ZK GraLatest krias shema (Gra)with full
S'ZTLatest tefillahwith full
S'ZT GraLatest tefillah (Gra)with full
ChatzosChatzos hayom (midday)
Mincha GedolaMincha gedolah (earliest mincha)with full
Mincha Gedola GraMincha gedolah (Gra)with full
Mincha KetanaMincha ketanahwith full
Mincha Ketana GraMincha ketanah (Gra)with full
PlagPlag haminchawith full
Plag GraPlag hamincha (Gra)with full
ShkiahShkiah (sunset)
TzesTzeis hakochavim (nightfall)
Hdlkh'nCandle lightingFridays
MotzeMotzei ShabbosFridays

How each zman is calculated — see the zmanim page