Times of Salaah

Performing salaah on a bus

Q: I am an employee in india. The maghrib time in summer (which is the season right now) starts at/after the time when my office bus starts (6:30pm) to drop the employees. Since I take the office bus and my home is approximately 2hrs, my maghrib takes place in the bus whilst being seated. There is very little khushoo with everyone staring at me and it is troubling me a lot. Is it valid for me to join my maghrib prayer with asr so that I can pray it peacefully in office before starting? If valid, can I join asr and maghrib until the sunset time changes to before 6:30pm which might take 4-5 months?

Salaah times

Q:

1. If sunset is 6.40, at what time should Salah be performed?

2. If sunrise is 6.25, what is the end time of Fjar Salah?

3. If magrib Salah is performed a few minutes early, will it be valid?

4. If in the absence of a watch, how do we look at the sky to know fajr and maghrib salaah times?