What time is sunset in Barasat today?

Sunset in Barasat is at 5:18 PM local time (Asia/Kolkata) on 2026-10-07.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Barasat?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 9% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:32 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:15 AM.

Moonrise in Barasat is at 2:07 AM and moonset is at 3:10 PM local time.

Barasat is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-07 · times in Asia/Kolkata · 22.72°N, 88.48°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:29 AM
Sunset	5:18 PM
Day length	11 h 49 min
End of civil twilight	5:40 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:06 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:32 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 12 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 43 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:15 AM

Moonrise	2:07 AM
Moonset	3:10 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.43°N, 133.55°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:29 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:19 AM	6:27 PM	12:53 PM	Visible about 0.5 h after dark, highest 10° toward the SW.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:21 AM	6:09 PM	12:45 PM	Visible about 0.3 h after dark, highest 6° toward the SW.
Mars (mag 1.1)	12:27 AM	1:41 PM	7:04 AM	Visible about 4.3 h after dark, highest 60° toward the E.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	1:38 AM	2:33 PM	8:06 AM	Visible about 3 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:10 PM	5:24 AM	11:15 PM	Visible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 69° toward the S.

Aurora near poles only. Barasat is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.