The Annual Cycling of Nighttime Lights in India

India is known to have unstable power supply, and many locations show an annual cycle in VIIRS Nighttime Light (VNL). In this study, autocorrelation function (ACF) analysis used identify the cycling VNL. Two fundamentally different classification techniques are proposed classify ACF profile into one of three arch types, i.e., acyclic, single peak, dual peak. The results from two closely compared verify their output. This carried out for entire territory 15 arc second grid cells. stability data acquired Human Development Survey (IHDS) Electricity Supply Monitoring Initiative (ESMI) relationship To further aide analysis, land use/land class accounted by National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC). As a result, contribution VNL inconclusive due limitation data. Furthermore, other potential factors should be examined.