Current time in Ranchi, India
India Standard Time
UTC+05:30- Time zone
- India Standard Time · Asia/Kolkata
- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:30
- Abbreviation
- IST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+5:30 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Jharkhand, India · 23.34° N, 85.31° E
- Population
- 1,120,374
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Ranchi at about 11:49 standard time: the clock runs about 11 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:32 and 12:03 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:53 | 17:59 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:03 | 18:37 | 13h 34m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:37 | 17:44 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 06:26 | 17:08 | 10h 42m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:39–17:38 (11 h 59 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Colombo, Sri Lanka · 1,910 km