dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 5:54 pm – 5:21 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday 8 Oct
dark 5:53 pm – 5:22 am
6:04 pmto 6:29 pm · 25 min
S → SE, highest 18° SSEappears south at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 22
Friday 9 Oct
dark 5:52 pm – 5:22 am
5:52 pmto 6:01 pm · 9 min
SSW → ESE, highest 19° SSEappears south-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 3
6:04 pmto 6:08 pm · 4 min
SSW → ESE, highest 23° SSEappears south-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
6:16 pmto 6:43 pm · 27 min
SW → ESE, highest 44° Sappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 22
Saturday 10 Oct
dark 5:52 pm – 5:23 am
5:56 pmto 6:02 pm · 5 min
SW → E, highest 36° SSEappears southwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 2
6:06 pmto 6:10 pm · 4 min
SW → E, highest 45° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
6:18 pmto 6:22 pm · 4 min
WSW → E, highest 60° SSEappears west-southwest at 10°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:32 pmto 6:57 pm · 25 min
WSW → ESE, highest 86° SSWappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Sunday 11 Oct
dark 5:51 pm – 5:23 am
6:02 pmto 6:08 pm · 6 min
WSW → ENE, highest 82° ESEappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2 · brightTrain · 2
6:17 pmto 6:21 pm · 4 min
WSW → ENE, highest 72° NWappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:34 pmto 6:37 pm · 3 min
W → N, highest 55° Nappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
6:50 pmto 7:13 pm · 22 min
W → NW, highest 37° NWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22
Monday 12 Oct
dark 5:50 pm – 5:24 am
5:49 pmto 6:02 pm · 13 min
N → ENE, highest 75° Nappears north at 75°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 16
6:07 pmto 6:13 pm · 5 min
W → NE, highest 47° NNWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 2
6:29 pmto 6:32 pm · 3 min
W → NNE, highest 37° Nappears west at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
6:52 pmto 6:54 pm · 2 min
WNW → NW, highest 28° NWappears west-northwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
Tuesday 13 Oct
dark 5:49 pm – 5:24 am
5:54 pmto 6:24 pm · 30 min
W → ENE, highest 42° NNWappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 24
6:41 pmto 6:44 pm · 2 min
WNW → NNW, highest 25° NNWappears west-northwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
Wednesday 14 Oct
dark 5:48 pm – 5:24 am
5:53 pmto 5:58 pm · 5 min
WNW → NE, highest 30° Nappears west-northwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
6:15 pmto 6:46 pm · 31 min
WNW → NE, highest 27° Nappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 24
6:55 pmto 6:56 pm · 1 min
NW → NW, highest 17° NWappears northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
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 Gaya
Gaya is at 24.8°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 5:54 pm until 5:21 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 21 visible passes (21 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 18 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Sunday 11 Oct at 6:02 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 82° in the east-southeast and fades in the east-northeast at about magnitude 2.
The passes come from these launches:
2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–315 km up): 21 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Gaya while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Gaya?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Friday 9 Oct at 5:52 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Gaya?
Thursday 8 Oct at 6:04 pm: 22 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 18°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Gaya?
This week most passes appear in the west or west-southwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.