diff --git a/core/data/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/core/data/repository/SatelliteRepo.kt b/core/data/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/core/data/repository/SatelliteRepo.kt
index bdbea85b..b9a27927 100644
--- a/core/data/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/core/data/repository/SatelliteRepo.kt
+++ b/core/data/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/core/data/repository/SatelliteRepo.kt
@@ -175,7 +175,16 @@ class SatelliteRepo(
         aosEndMinute: Int,
         invertAosTimeWindow: Boolean
     ): Boolean {
-        val offsetMillis = TimeZone.getDefault().getOffset(aosTime).toLong()
+        // Follow the UTC display toggle: with UTC enabled the window is interpreted
+        // in UTC, otherwise in the device's local timezone. Otherwise the pass list
+        // shows UTC times while the filter silently uses local time — the two
+        // disagree by the timezone offset (e.g. 8h for China).
+        val tz = if (settingsRepo.otherSettings.value.stateOfUtc) {
+            TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")
+        } else {
+            TimeZone.getDefault()
+        }
+        val offsetMillis = tz.getOffset(aosTime).toLong()
         val localMillis = Math.floorMod(aosTime + offsetMillis, 24L * 60L * 60L * 1000L)
         val aosMinute = (localMillis / 60_000L).toInt()
         val inRange = if (aosStartMinute <= aosEndMinute) {
diff --git a/feature/passes/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/feature/passes/PassesViewModel.kt b/feature/passes/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/feature/passes/PassesViewModel.kt
index e7468801..14f410d3 100644
--- a/feature/passes/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/feature/passes/PassesViewModel.kt
+++ b/feature/passes/src/main/java/com/rtbishop/look4sat/feature/passes/PassesViewModel.kt
@@ -175,9 +175,12 @@ class PassesViewModel(
         val sdfDate = dateFormat(tz)
         val sdfTime = SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm", Locale.getDefault()).also { it.timeZone = tz }
         val result = LinkedHashMap<String, Pair<String, String>>()
-        // DeepSpace group always shows today's sun times
+        // DeepSpace group always shows today's sun times.
+        // The natural-day anchor is the DEVICE timezone, not the display timezone:
+        // UTC midnight is 08:00 local for UTC+8 stations, when the sun is already
+        // up — that would trip the white-night guard and render "--:--".
         if (passes.any { it.isDeepSpace }) {
-            val riseSet = findTodaySunRiseSet(stationPos, startOfDayMillis(System.currentTimeMillis(), tz))
+            val riseSet = findTodaySunRiseSet(stationPos, startOfDayMillis(System.currentTimeMillis(), TimeZone.getDefault()))
             val rise = if (riseSet.riseTimeMillis > 0) sdfTime.format(Date(riseSet.riseTimeMillis)) else "--:--"
             val set = if (riseSet.setTimeMillis > 0) sdfTime.format(Date(riseSet.setTimeMillis)) else "--:--"
             result["DeepSpace (period >225min)"] = rise to set
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ class PassesViewModel(
             if (pass.isDeepSpace) continue
             val label = sdfDate.format(Date(pass.aosTime))
             if (label in result) continue
-            val riseSet = findTodaySunRiseSet(stationPos, startOfDayMillis(pass.aosTime, tz))
+            val riseSet = findTodaySunRiseSet(stationPos, startOfDayMillis(pass.aosTime, TimeZone.getDefault()))
             val rise = if (riseSet.riseTimeMillis > 0) sdfTime.format(Date(riseSet.riseTimeMillis)) else "--:--"
             val set = if (riseSet.setTimeMillis > 0) sdfTime.format(Date(riseSet.setTimeMillis)) else "--:--"
             result[label] = rise to set