dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:13 pm – 5:40 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday 8 Oct
no visible passes
Friday 9 Oct
dark 6:11 pm – 5:41 am
6:16 pmto 6:43 pm · 27 min
S → ESE, highest 23° SSEappears south at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22
Saturday 10 Oct
dark 6:10 pm – 5:42 am
6:09 pmto 6:10 pm · 1 min
ESE → ESE, highest 17° ESEappears east-southeast at 17°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
6:18 pmto 6:22 pm · 4 min
SW → E, highest 28° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
6:31 pmto 6:57 pm · 26 min
SW → ESE, highest 55° SSEappears southwest at 10°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Sunday 11 Oct
dark 6:09 pm – 5:42 am
6:16 pmto 6:21 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 50° SSEappears west-southwest at 10°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
6:33 pmto 6:37 pm · 4 min
WSW → E, highest 71° SSEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:49 pmto 7:13 pm · 23 min
WSW → ENE, highest 88° Wappears west-southwest at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
Monday 12 Oct
dark 6:08 pm – 5:43 am
6:07 pmto 6:13 pm · 6 min
WSW → ENE, highest 81° SSEappears west-southwest at 14°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 2
6:27 pmto 6:32 pm · 4 min
WSW → ENE, highest 74° Nappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:51 pmto 6:54 pm · 3 min
W → NNE, highest 55° Nappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:09 pmto 7:34 pm · 25 min
W → NW, highest 36° NWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22
Tuesday 13 Oct
dark 6:07 pm – 5:43 am
6:06 pmto 6:24 pm · 18 min
NNE → ENE, highest 69° NNWappears north-northeast at 64°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 18
6:40 pmto 6:44 pm · 3 min
W → NE, highest 42° Nappears west at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:10 pmto 7:12 pm · 2 min
WNW → NW, highest 28° NWappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
Wednesday 14 Oct
dark 6:06 pm – 5:44 am
6:13 pmto 6:46 pm · 32 min
W → ENE, highest 44° Nappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 24
6:54 pmto 6:56 pm · 2 min
WNW → N, highest 33° Nappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 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 Kanpur
Kanpur is at 26.5°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:13 pm until 5:40 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 16 visible passes (16 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 15 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Sunday 11 Oct at 6:49 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 88° in the west 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 296–315 km up): 16 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Kanpur while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Kanpur?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Friday 9 Oct at 6:16 pm, looking south.
When is the next Starlink train over Kanpur?
Friday 9 Oct at 6:16 pm: 22 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 23°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Kanpur?
This week most passes appear in the west-southwest or west. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.