See the ISS from Kanpur, India

The International Space Station is visible from Kanpur 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Mon 9 Nov at 18:21 (very bright, 71° up).

When	Brightness	Where to look
Wed 4 Nov 05:39–05:45	Very bright mag -3.8	Appears NW, 10° up Highest 73° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov 04:54–04:58	Very bright mag -3.0	Appears N, 39° up Highest 51° up in the NE Disappears SE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 04:09–04:10	Faint mag -0.9	Appears E, 16° up Highest 16° up in the E Disappears ESE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 05:42–05:46	Bright mag -2.0	Appears W, 12° up Highest 17° up in the SW Disappears SSW, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov 19:05–19:05	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 13° up in the S Disappears S, 13° up
Sat 7 Nov 04:57–04:59	Bright mag -2.4	Appears SSW, 28° up Highest 28° up in the SSW Disappears SSE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov 18:18–18:20	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears SSE, 10° up Highest 16° up in the SE Disappears ESE, 16° up
Sun 8 Nov 19:06–19:08	Bright mag -2.4	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 40° up in the W Disappears W, 40° up
Mon 9 Nov 18:18–18:23	Very bright mag -3.9	Appears SW, 10° up Highest 71° up in the SE Disappears NE, 26° up
Tue 10 Nov 19:09–19:11	Fairly bright mag -1.1	Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 15° up in the NW Disappears NW, 15° up
Wed 11 Nov 18:20–18:26	Fairly bright mag -1.9	Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 26° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 11° up

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

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

Coming up in the sky over Kanpur

Mars and Jupiter conjunction: Mon 16 Nov, 05:28: 1.2° apart, 72° up in the south-east
Leonid meteor shower: Night of 16–17 Nov: 01:23–05:06, up to about 14 an hour
Night of 17–18 Nov: 01:19–05:06, up to about 14 an hour
Geminid meteor shower: Night of 13–14 Dec: 20:57–05:22, up to about 150 an hour
Night of 14–15 Dec: 21:51–05:23, up to about 150 an hour

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 · Chennai · Kolkata · Surat

Updated 3 November 2026 at 07:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.5 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.