Mon, Jan 4
Quadrantids meteor shower 2027 from Hyderabad
Best 4:01 AM–5:46 AM (radiant up to 42°).
Up to about 110 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 13% lit on the peak night.
in 63 days 13 h
Times are local (GMT+5:30).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Hyderabad: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, the northern lights, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
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Plan your night
☁️ Clouds through the night
The hour-by-hour cloud forecast appears about five days before.
🌑 Find a dark sky
City light hides most of the show. Drive until the sky looks clearly darker (often 30–60 minutes out), away from streetlights, with an open view.
🛰️ Also crossing the sky that night
Bright ISS and Starlink passes during the best hours appear about five days before.
Shooting stars streak across the sky: up to about 110 an hour from a dark place.
How to watch
- Find a dark place away from city lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust.
- Lie back and look at a wide part of the sky; you do not need to face the radiant.
- Rates are highest in the hours before dawn.
Other cities
- BengaluruBest 4:19 AM–5:49 AM (radiant up to 39°)
- ChennaiBest 4:08 AM–5:38 AM (radiant up to 39°)
- PuneBest 4:19 AM–6:04 AM (radiant up to 43°)
- MumbaiBest 4:23 AM–6:08 AM (radiant up to 44°)
- AhmedabadBest 4:09 AM–6:24 AM (radiant up to 49°)
- VaranasiBest 3:13 AM–5:43 AM (radiant up to 51°)
- LucknowBest 3:06 AM–5:51 AM (radiant up to 52°)
- JaipurBest 3:26 AM–6:11 AM (radiant up to 52°)
- KolkataBest 3:06 AM–5:21 AM (radiant up to 49°)
- New DelhiBest 3:21 AM–6:06 AM (radiant up to 53°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).