hijri_calendar

Monthly Islamic prayer-times calendar for a city: per-day Gregorian and Hijri (Islamic calendar) dates with salah times (Fajr, Dhuhr, Maghrib, Isha).

Server Mcp Prayer Times pipeworx-io/mcp-prayer-times
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 54 required

What hijri_calendar does on Mcp Prayer Times

AI agents call hijri_calendar to retrieve information from Mcp Prayer Times without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
city string Yes City name, e.g. "London".
year number Yes Gregorian year, e.g. 2026.
month number Yes Gregorian month, 1-12.
method number Prayer-time calculation method. Default 2 = ISNA; 3 = MWL; 4 = Umm al-Qura; and others.
country string Yes Country name or code, e.g. "UK".

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

Why hijri_calendar needs a policy

This tool only retrieves and queries prayer time information from the Aladhan API. It returns read-only calendar data (dates and prayer times) without any side effects, data modification, or external operations. The severity is low as misuse poses minimal risk - the worst outcome would be retrieving incorrect prayer times for a location, which has no security, financial, or operational impact.

From the tool's definition Tool description states it provides 'Monthly Islamic prayer-times calendar for a city: per-day Gregorian and Hijri (Islamic calendar) dates with salah times' - purely retrieving and displaying calendar and prayer time data with no modification, deletion, or…

Questions about hijri_calendar

What does the hijri_calendar tool do? +

Monthly Islamic prayer-times calendar for a city: per-day Gregorian and Hijri (Islamic calendar) dates with salah times (Fajr, Dhuhr, Maghrib, Isha). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Prayer Times MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does hijri_calendar accept? +

hijri_calendar accepts 5 parameters: city, year, month, method, country. Required: city, year, month, country. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on hijri_calendar? +

Register the Mcp Prayer Times MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hijri_calendar: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Mcp Prayer Times. Nothing to install.

What risk level is hijri_calendar? +

hijri_calendar is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit hijri_calendar? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the hijri_calendar rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block hijri_calendar completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for hijri_calendar. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides hijri_calendar? +

hijri_calendar is provided by the Mcp Prayer Times MCP server (pipeworx-io/mcp-prayer-times). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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