What time is sunset in Ranchi today?

Sunset in Ranchi is at 5:30 PM local time (Asia/Kolkata) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Ranchi?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 10% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:45 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:27 AM.

Moonrise in Ranchi is at 2:20 AM and moonset is at 3:23 PM local time.

Ranchi is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-07 · times in Asia/Kolkata · 23.34°N, 85.31°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:42 AM
Sunset	5:30 PM
Day length	11 h 48 min
End of civil twilight	5:53 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:19 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:45 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 12 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:27 AM

Moonrise	2:20 AM
Moonset	3:23 PM
Illumination	9.6%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.65°N, 120.93°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,601 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (17:37 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:33 AM	6:39 PM	1:06 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 9° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:34 AM	6:20 PM	12:57 PM	Visible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 5° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	12:38 AM	1:55 PM	7:17 AM	Visible about 4.3 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	1:50 AM	2:47 PM	8:18 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:23 PM	5:36 AM	11:28 PM	Visible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 69° toward the S.

Aurora near poles only. Ranchi is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.