dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 5:46 pm – 5:12 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday 8 Oct
dark 5:45 pm – 5:12 am
5:47 pmto 5:57 pm · 10 min
S → SE, highest 14° SSEappears south at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 4
6:03 pmto 6:29 pm · 26 min
SSW → SE, highest 26° SSEappears south-southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22
Friday 9 Oct
dark 5:44 pm – 5:13 am
5:52 pmto 5:56 pm · 4 min
SSW → ESE, highest 26° SSEappears south-southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
5:59 pmto 6:03 pm · 4 min
SW → E, highest 30° SEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
6:05 pmto 6:09 pm · 4 min
SW → ESE, highest 35° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
6:17 pmto 6:42 pm · 25 min
SW → ESE, highest 61° Sappears southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Saturday 10 Oct
dark 5:43 pm – 5:13 am
5:58 pmto 6:02 pm · 4 min
WSW → E, highest 64° SSEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 2
6:11 pmto 6:15 pm · 4 min
WSW → ENE, highest 83° SSWappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:19 pmto 6:23 pm · 3 min
WSW → ENE, highest 79° WNWappears west-southwest at 10°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:33 pmto 6:54 pm · 21 min
WSW → NNW, highest 62° NNWappears west-southwest at 10°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 22
Sunday 11 Oct
dark 5:42 pm – 5:13 am
6:04 pmto 6:09 pm · 4 min
W → NE, highest 54° NNWappears west at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 2
6:25 pmto 6:28 pm · 3 min
W → N, highest 40° Nappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
6:37 pmto 6:39 pm · 2 min
W → NW, highest 34° NWappears west at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
6:52 pmto 7:08 pm · 16 min
WNW → NW, highest 24° NWappears west-northwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 21
Monday 12 Oct
dark 5:41 pm – 5:14 am
5:40 pmto 5:57 pm · 17 min
NE → ENE, highest 55° NNWappears northeast at 23°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 22
6:11 pmto 6:15 pm · 3 min
WNW → NNE, highest 29° NNWappears west-northwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
6:42 pmto 6:44 pm · 2 min
WNW → NW, highest 22° NWappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
Tuesday 13 Oct
dark 5:40 pm – 5:14 am
5:39 pmto 5:43 pm · 4 min
WNW → NE, highest 34° Nappears west-northwest at 23°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
5:49 pmto 6:21 pm · 32 min
WNW → NE, highest 28° Nappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 24
Wednesday 14 Oct
dark 5:39 pm – 5:15 am
5:40 pmto 5:45 pm · 5 min
WNW → NE, highest 24° Nappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
5:57 pmto 6:01 pm · 4 min
WNW → NE, highest 22° NNWappears west-northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
6:02 pmto 6:16 pm · 13 min
NW → NNE, highest 20° Nappears northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 10
6:18 pmto 6:41 pm · 22 min
NW → N, highest 20° Nappears northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 14
Magnitude is an estimate (lower = brighter; 3 is easy, 5 needs a dark sky). Predictions for satellites that are still raising their orbits can shift by a few minutes from one update to the next; check again before you go out. How we compute this.
Seeing Starlink from Durgapur
Durgapur is at 23.5°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 5:46 pm until 5:12 am. A Starlink satellite only shows when it is still in sunlight while you are in darkness, so the passes bunch up in the first hours after dusk and the last hours before dawn, not around midnight.
Over the next 8 nights we found 23 visible passes (23 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 16 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Saturday 10 Oct at 6:11 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 83° in the south-southwest and fades in the east-northeast at about magnitude 2.5.
The passes come from these launches:
2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 23 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Durgapur while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Durgapur?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Thursday 8 Oct at 6:03 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Durgapur?
Thursday 8 Oct at 5:47 pm: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 14°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Durgapur?
This week most passes appear in the west-northwest or west-southwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.
No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Friday 9 Oct at 5:09 am, looking southeast. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.