Ranchi · India
Vedic astrology in Ranchi, east of the time meridian
January and July share one offset for a Ranchi birth in vedic astrology, because India does not use daylight saving. The zone is Asia/Kolkata, UTC plus 5 hours 30 minutes. Ranchi lies east of the meridian near Mirzapur, so solar noon arrives before 12:00. Jamshedpur is not this city. A family that later moves abroad must not replace Ranchi with the new town or with a larger name they find easier to explain.
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Early solar noon, stable clock
East of the time meridian, the Sun has passed the local meridian by the time the watch says 12:00. Ranchi shares that pattern with Kolkata, Howrah, Guwahati, Patna, and Bhubaneswar. All of them still use one Indian offset. Knowing the direction is not a minute count, and none is printed here. Do not subtract minutes until noon 'looks right.'
Not every Jharkhand birth is Ranchi
The capital is the city people remember. The certificate may name another town. Type the town it names. A shared zone will hide the error if you only look at the offset. The place is geocoded separately, before that offset is applied to the Julian day. Career, from the 10th house and its lord, follows the place you actually gave.
Daylight saving belongs to the later country
If home is now somewhere that changes clocks, a summer birth and a winter birth there need different offsets. Ranchi never did. Recasting the Ranchi child 'in local time' so siblings match is how you give one child the wrong lagna. Keep IST. The Vimshottari dasha already running is calculated from that Indian instant.
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Frequently asked questions
Does vedic astrology put solar noon in Ranchi before 12:00?
Yes. Ranchi is east of the meridian near Mirzapur. The civil zone is still Asia/Kolkata, with no daylight saving. Enter the clock time, not a hand-shifted solar time.
Is Jamshedpur close enough to use the Ranchi chart?
No. If the birth was in another city, enter that city. Ranchi's solar noon is not a statewide setting, and the geocoder needs the real place.
Does a free chart use Lahiri for Ranchi?
Yes. The Kundli is sidereal, Lahiri ayanamsa, Swiss Ephemeris. A free account can generate it and chat. The city and the IST time still have to be right.
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