See the ISS from Surat, India

The International Space Station is visible from Surat 13 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Fri 6 Nov at 05:43 (very bright, 78° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
05:39–05:45
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears N, 10° up
Highest 22° up in the NE
Disappears E, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
04:54–04:56
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears NE, 12° up
Highest 12° up in the NE
Disappears ENE, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
19:50–19:50
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 12° up
Fri 6 Nov
05:42–05:47
Very bright
mag -3.8
Appears NW, 26° up
Highest 78° up in the SW
Disappears SE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
19:03–19:05
Bright
mag -2.2
Appears S, 10° up
Highest 21° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 21° up
Sat 7 Nov
04:57–04:59
Bright
mag -2.1
Appears E, 34° up
Highest 34° up in the E
Disappears ESE, 10° up
Sat 7 Nov
19:51–19:53
Fairly bright
mag -1.6
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 25° up in the W
Disappears W, 25° up
Sun 8 Nov
05:45–05:47
Fairly bright
mag -1.8
Appears SW, 16° up
Highest 16° up in the SW
Disappears SSW, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
19:03–19:08
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 73° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 30° up
Mon 9 Nov
05:00–05:00
Faint
mag -0.9
Appears S, 12° up
Highest 12° up in the S
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:22–18:22
Bright
mag -2.0
Appears NE, 14° up
Highest 14° up in the NE
Disappears NE, 10° up
Tue 10 Nov
19:06–19:11
Fairly bright
mag -1.3
Appears W, 10° up
Highest 17° up in the NW
Disappears N, 10° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:21–18:24
Bright
mag -2.2
Appears NNW, 30° up
Highest 30° up in the NNW
Disappears NNE, 10° up

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

Also for Surat: 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

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.