ISS TonightSee the ISS from Kolkata, India
The International Space Station is visible from Kolkata 13 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Thu 5 Nov at 04:57 (very bright, 90° up).
| When | Brightness | Where to look | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 4 Nov 04:06–04:08 |
Faint mag -0.7 |
Appears NNE, 10° up Highest 11° up in the NE Disappears ENE, 10° up |
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| Thu 5 Nov 04:54–05:00 |
Very bright mag -3.8 |
Appears NW, 13° up Highest 90° up in the SW Disappears SE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 04:09–04:12 |
Bright mag -2.6 |
Appears NE, 39° up Highest 40° up in the NE Disappears ESE, 10° up |
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| Fri 6 Nov 19:05–19:05 |
Faint mag -0.6 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 12° up in the SW Disappears SW, 12° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 03:24–03:24 |
Faint mag -0.3 |
Appears E, 11° up Highest 11° up in the E Disappears E, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 04:57–05:00 |
Bright mag -2.1 |
Appears W, 16° up Highest 19° up in the SW Disappears S, 10° up |
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| Sat 7 Nov 18:17–18:20 |
Very bright mag -3.7 |
Appears SSW, 10° up Highest 65° up in the SSE Disappears SSE, 65° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 04:12–04:14 |
Fairly bright mag -1.9 |
Appears S, 24° up Highest 24° up in the S Disappears SSE, 10° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 17:30–17:35 |
Bright mag -2.8 |
Appears S, 10° up Highest 30° up in the SE Disappears ENE, 14° up |
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| Sun 8 Nov 19:08–19:08 |
Faint mag -0.5 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 11° up in the WNW Disappears WNW, 11° up |
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| Mon 9 Nov 18:19–18:23 |
Fairly bright mag -1.8 |
Appears WSW, 10° up Highest 25° up in the NW Disappears NNW, 20° up |
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| Tue 10 Nov 17:31–17:37 |
Very bright mag -3.1 |
Appears SW, 10° up Highest 51° up in the NW Disappears NNE, 10° up |
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| Thu 12 Nov 17:34–17:38 |
Fairly bright mag -1.0 |
Appears WNW, 10° up Highest 14° up in the NW Disappears N, 10° up |
All passes on this page have happened; it updates daily.
Times are local to Kolkata (Asia/Kolkata). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.
Also for Kolkata: 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.
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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.