dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:31 pm – 5:58 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday 8 Oct
dark 6:30 pm – 5:59 am
7:18 pmto 7:27 pm · 9 min
SSW → S, highest 19° SSWappears south-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 4
Friday 9 Oct
dark 6:29 pm – 5:59 am
6:28 pmto 6:43 pm · 15 min
SSW → ESE, highest 20° SSEappears south-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 15
7:24 pmto 7:31 pm · 7 min
SW → SW, highest 30° SWappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 3
7:38 pmto 7:39 pm · 1 min
WSW → WSW, highest 20° WSWappears west-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Saturday 10 Oct
dark 6:28 pm – 5:59 am
6:30 pmto 6:57 pm · 27 min
SW → E, highest 51° SSEappears southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 22
7:30 pmto 7:32 pm · 3 min
WSW → W, highest 30° Wappears west-southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
Sunday 11 Oct
dark 6:27 pm – 6:00 am
6:32 pmto 6:37 pm · 5 min
WSW → ENE, highest 67° Sappears west-southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:48 pmto 7:13 pm · 25 min
WSW → ENE, highest 82° ENEappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 22
7:35 pmto 7:38 pm · 2 min
W → WNW, highest 21° WNWappears west at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 2
Monday 12 Oct
dark 6:26 pm – 6:00 am
6:26 pmto 6:32 pm · 5 min
WSW → ENE, highest 71° NWappears west-southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
6:50 pmto 6:54 pm · 4 min
W → NE, highest 51° NNWappears west at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:08 pmto 7:34 pm · 26 min
W → NNE, highest 42° Nappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
Tuesday 13 Oct
dark 6:25 pm – 6:01 am
6:39 pmto 6:44 pm · 4 min
W → NE, highest 38° NNWappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:09 pmto 7:12 pm · 3 min
WNW → N, highest 31° NNWappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
7:28 pmto 7:54 pm · 26 min
WNW → NW, highest 23° NWappears west-northwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 21
Wednesday 14 Oct
dark 6:24 pm – 6:01 am
6:24 pmto 6:46 pm · 22 min
WNW → ENE, highest 36° Nappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 17
6:53 pmto 6:56 pm · 3 min
WNW → NNE, highest 27° Nappears west-northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
7:27 pmto 7:29 pm · 1 min
WNW → NW, highest 21° NWappears west-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 Kota
Kota is at 25.2°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:31 pm until 5:58 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 18 visible passes (18 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 13 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Sunday 11 Oct at 6:48 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 82° in the east-northeast 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): 18 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Kota while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Kota?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Friday 9 Oct at 6:28 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Kota?
Thursday 8 Oct at 7:18 pm: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south-southwest and reaching 19°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Kota?
This week most passes appear in the west-southwest or west-northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.