27 August 2026
Sunrise and sunset today in Ranchi
The Sun rises in Ranchi at 5:28 AM today and sets at 6:11 PM, giving 12 hours 42 minutes of daylight.
Both times are computed from this city's own latitude and longitude for today's date, not read from a national table. India keeps one clock across roughly 30 degrees of longitude, so real sunrise varies across the country by well over an hour.
Today's sun and moon times for Ranchi, Jharkhand
All times are local to Ranchi, computed for Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30).
| Event | Time | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 5:28 AM | The Sun's upper edge reaching the horizon, for this city's coordinates. |
| Sunset | 6:11 PM | The Sun's upper edge leaving the horizon. |
| Day length | 12h 42m 38s | Sunrise to sunset. Called dinamana in a panchang. |
| Night length | 11h 17m 42s | Sunset to the next sunrise. Called ratrimana. |
| Moonrise | 5:43 PM | Computed for the same coordinates, from the same ephemeris. |
| Moonset | 4:28 AM | As above. The Moon shifts by roughly 50 minutes a day. |
Sunrise and sunset for the next 7 days
Daylight changes a little each day. These seven rows are calculated for Ranchi and stay on this stable URL rather than creating dated pages.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:28 AM | 6:11 PM | 12 hours 42 minutes | |
| 5:29 AM | 6:10 PM | 12 hours 41 minutes | |
| 5:29 AM | 6:09 PM | 12 hours 40 minutes | |
| 5:29 AM | 6:08 PM | 12 hours 38 minutes | |
| 5:30 AM | 6:07 PM | 12 hours 37 minutes | |
| 5:30 AM | 6:06 PM | 12 hours 36 minutes | |
| 5:30 AM | 6:05 PM | 12 hours 34 minutes |
What this sunrise decides
Most of a panchang is measured from sunrise rather than from midnight, so the figure above sets the boundaries of the day's other timings in Ranchi: Choghadiya, Hora and Rahu Kaal are all divisions of the interval between it and sunset.
For tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the full set of muhurta windows, open the full Panchang for Ranchi.
Other cities
Sunrise and sunset are properties of a place, so each city is calculated separately. A time computed for Delhi is wrong in Chennai by a meaningful margin.
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How this is calculated
Positions come from the Swiss Ephemeris, using this city's coordinates and today's date. Sunrise and sunset are the moments the Sun's upper edge crosses the horizon, which is the convention a printed panchang uses and the reason these times differ by a minute or two from a "centre of the disc" figure.
Moonrise and moonset come from the same calculation for the Moon. The Moon rises roughly 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise at all within the calendar day and that row is omitted rather than left blank.
Common questions
What time is sunrise in Ranchi today?
The Sun rises in Ranchi at 5:28 AM today, calculated for the city's own latitude and longitude rather than a national average.
What time is sunset in Ranchi today?
Sunset in Ranchi is at 6:11 PM today.
How long is the day in Ranchi today?
12 hours 42 minutes of daylight and 11 hours 17 minutes of darkness. A panchang calls those two figures dinamana and ratrimana.
Why is sunrise in Ranchi different from Delhi?
India keeps one clock across roughly 30 degrees of longitude, so actual sunrise differs across the country by well over an hour. Every figure here is computed for Ranchi's coordinates, which is also why the Choghadiya, Hora and Rahu Kaal windows measured from it differ from Delhi's.