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
This page displays how late it is in Ranchi, Madhya Pradesh, India, in the Asia/Kolkata time zone (+5:30).
Ranchi, India
Thursday, 12 November 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 6:36 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 5:35 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:12 AM – 5:59 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.
Ranchi sees the sun rise at 6:36 AM and set at 5:35 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 59 min.
The same local time applies in Ranchi, Tariya and Neharwara.
Across Ranchi, 3 postal codes are recorded.
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 6:36 AM.