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When to go to bed for a 4:15 PM alarm
Sleep runs in cycles of roughly 90 minutes, and most adults take about 14 minutes to fall asleep. Waking at the end of a cycle feels far better than waking in the middle of one, so these bedtimes are counted back from 4:15 PM in whole cycles. Five or six cycles is the range most adults do well on.
| Fall asleep by | Sleep | 90-min cycles |
|---|---|---|
| 7:01 AM | 9 h | 6 · recommended |
| 8:31 AM | 7.5 h | 5 · recommended |
| 10:01 AM | 6 h | 4 |
| 11:31 AM | 4.5 h | 3 |
How much sleep you get with a 4:15 PM alarm
| If you go to bed at | You get | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 PM | 19 hours 15 minutes | ✓ enough |
| 10:00 PM | 18 hours 15 minutes | ✓ enough |
| 11:00 PM | 17 hours 15 minutes | ✓ enough |
| 12:00 AM | 16 hours 15 minutes | ✓ enough |
| 1:00 AM | 15 hours 15 minutes | ✓ enough |
4:15 PM is an afternoon alarm
Afternoon alarms are mostly for naps, night-shift sleepers, school pick-ups, medication times and meetings. For a nap, either keep it to about 20 minutes or allow a full 90-minute cycle; waking in between tends to leave you groggy.
The countdown above shows how long you have from now, so you can decide whether a short nap or a full cycle fits.
Sunrise and your 4:15 PM alarm
Waking in daylight is easier than waking in the dark. Check where 4:15 PM falls against sunrise where you are; the calculation runs in your browser and your location is not sent anywhere.
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Tips for a 4:15 PM alarm
- Set it now, then press Test sound once at the volume you will sleep with. A silent-mode phone or a muted laptop is the number one reason alarms fail.
- Turn on night mode and place the screen where you can see it but not reach it. Standing up to stop the alarm ends the snooze loop.
- Leave this tab open. On desktop it rings from the background; on a phone keep it in the foreground with the screen on (this page keeps the screen awake).
- Use the bedtime table above rather than a fixed "eight hours"; waking at a cycle boundary matters more than the exact total.