Satellites visible from Ambala (30.3782°N, 76.7767°E) tonight, with the IST start time, direction, peak height and brightness of each pass. A pass is listed only when the satellite clears 10°, is sunlit, your sky is dark and it reaches about magnitude 4.5.
Ambala, about 39 km south of Chandigarh, is a cantonment city and home to the Air Force station that first based India's Rafale fighters. The Shivalik foothills rise on the north-eastern horizon, the only high ground in view.
Monsoon rain falls from late June to September. Winter fog is frequent from late December, so October, November and early spring offer the best skies.
Pass times for Mohali, Patiala, Chandigarh.
The ISS is the brightest at magnitude -3 to -4, followed by China's Tiangong station, large Earth-observation satellites, spent rocket bodies and Starlink trains in the days after a launch. GPS and NavIC satellites orbit too high to see with the naked eye.