Ranchi in numbers
- Coordinates
- 25.1182, 77.5159
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India, Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi — 392 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ranchi, Madhya Pradesh, India
Learn the current time in Ranchi, Madhya Pradesh, India, a place in the Asia/Kolkata time zone (+5:30).
Ranchi, India
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC+5:30 · Asia/Kolkata
Local time in Ranchi
UTC+5:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ranchi.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:04 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 12 h 32 min Night 11 h 28 min Civil twilight 5:41 AM – 6:59 PM
Weather in Ranchi right now
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Ranchi and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 473885 Lukwasa — 8.6 km away
- 473774 Rai — 10.0 km away
- 473770 Kolaras — 14.8 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Madhya Pradesh
Other places named Ranchi
Same time zone — Asia/Kolkata
Nearby places
Local time details for Ranchi
The time zone used in Ranchi is Asia/Kolkata, set at UTC+5:30. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Morning light reaches Ranchi at 6:04 AM, and the sun sets at 6:36 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 12 h 32 min.
Places close to Ranchi, among them Hinotiya and Barkheri, share its time.
Ranchi is mapped by 3 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Ranchi?
- In Ranchi, the applicable time zone is Asia/Kolkata, with an offset of +5:30.
- Is the local clock in Ranchi affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time will the sun rise in Ranchi today?
- Today it rises at 6:04 AM.