dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 5:42 pm – 5:08 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday 8 Oct
dark 5:41 pm – 5:08 am
5:46 pmto 5:57 pm · 10 min
S → ESE, highest 18° SSEappears south at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 4
6:03 pmto 6:29 pm · 26 min
SSW → SE, highest 32° Sappears south-southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
Friday 9 Oct
dark 5:40 pm – 5:08 am
5:51 pmto 6:01 pm · 9 min
SW → E, highest 38° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 3
6:05 pmto 6:08 pm · 4 min
SW → E, highest 47° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
6:16 pmto 6:43 pm · 27 min
WSW → ESE, highest 79° Sappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Saturday 10 Oct
dark 5:39 pm – 5:09 am
5:57 pmto 6:02 pm · 5 min
WSW → ENE, highest 84° Eappears west-southwest at 10°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2 · brightTrain · 2
6:06 pmto 6:10 pm · 4 min
WSW → ENE, highest 74° NNEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:19 pmto 6:22 pm · 3 min
WSW → NNE, highest 60° Nappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:32 pmto 6:57 pm · 24 min
W → NW, highest 44° NWappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
Sunday 11 Oct
dark 5:38 pm – 5:09 am
5:38 pmto 5:41 pm · 4 min
N → ENE, highest 80° NNWappears north at 80°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 6
6:03 pmto 6:08 pm · 5 min
W → NE, highest 41° NNWappears west at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 2
6:17 pmto 6:21 pm · 3 min
W → NNE, highest 33° NNWappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
6:35 pmto 6:37 pm · 2 min
WNW → NW, highest 26° NWappears west-northwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
Monday 12 Oct
dark 5:37 pm – 5:09 am
5:37 pmto 6:02 pm · 26 min
NNW → NE, highest 44° NNWappears north-northwest at 44°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
6:08 pmto 6:13 pm · 4 min
WNW → NNE, highest 24° NNWappears west-northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
6:30 pmto 6:32 pm · 2 min
WNW → NNW, highest 20° NNWappears west-northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
Tuesday 13 Oct
dark 5:36 pm – 5:10 am
5:36 pmto 5:40 pm · 5 min
WNW → NE, highest 27° NNWappears west-northwest at 13°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
5:55 pmto 6:24 pm · 29 min
WNW → NE, highest 23° NNWappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 24
Wednesday 14 Oct
dark 5:36 pm – 5:10 am
5:54 pmto 5:58 pm · 4 min
NW → NE, highest 18° Nappears northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
6:16 pmto 6:46 pm · 30 min
NW → N, highest 17° Nappears northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 24
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 Howrah
Howrah is at 22.6°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 5:42 pm until 5:08 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 20 visible passes (20 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 14 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Saturday 10 Oct at 5:57 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 84° in the east 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): 20 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Howrah while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Howrah?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Thursday 8 Oct at 6:03 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Howrah?
Thursday 8 Oct at 5:46 pm: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 18°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Howrah?
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.