See the ISS from Chennai, India

The International Space Station is visible from Chennai 12 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Sat 7 Nov at 18:17 (very bright, 63° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 19:01–19:02	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears S, 10° up Highest 19° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 19° up
Thu 5 Nov 04:56–04:58	Faint mag -0.7	Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 18:14–18:17	Fairly bright mag -1.7	Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 12° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 11° up
Thu 5 Nov 19:50–19:50	Faint mag -0.5	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the W Disappears W, 12° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:02–19:05	Very bright mag -3.1	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 50° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 47° up
Sat 7 Nov 04:57–05:02	Bright mag -2.9	Appears NNW, 21° up Highest 48° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:14–18:20	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 63° up in the SE Disappears NE, 12° up
Sun 8 Nov 04:12–04:14	Fairly bright mag -1.3	Appears ENE, 20° up Highest 20° up in the ENE Disappears ESE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov 19:05–19:07	Faint mag -0.7	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 05:00–05:03	Bright mag -2.7	Appears WSW, 28° up Highest 28° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:16–18:21	Fairly bright mag -1.6	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 23° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov 04:15–04:16	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears SSE, 16° up Highest 16° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 10° up

Times are local to Chennai (Asia/Kolkata). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Chennai: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in India

Mumbai · Delhi · Bengaluru · Hyderabad · Ahmedabad · Kolkata · Surat · Pune

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.