Press Set alarm and keep this tab open.
This page sets an alarm for 6:30 AM in your browser, free and with nothing to install. Pick a sound, check the volume and the alarm will ring at half past six.
Half past six suits people who start work at eight or half past and live a short-to-medium commute away. It is a natural alarm for secondary-school students who need to catch a bus around 7:30, and for parents whose children start school a little before nine. Many hybrid workers use it on office days and keep the same time at home so their sleep stays regular. It is also a realistic target for night owls trying to become morning people, because it is early without being extreme.
| Sleep | Go to bed at (for 6:30 AM) |
|---|---|
| 6 cycles (9 h sleep) | 9:15 PM |
| 5 cycles (7½ h sleep) | 10:45 PM |
| 4 cycles (6 h sleep) | 12:15 AM |
Based on 90-minute sleep cycles plus about 15 minutes to fall asleep. Cycle length varies from person to person, so treat these as a starting point.
On days without a commute it is tempting to sleep until 7:45 and roll straight to the laptop. The problem is that your body clock then drifts later, and the 6:30 alarm on office days starts to feel brutal. Keeping the same wake time across the week is one of the most reliable ways to wake feeling normal.
Use the saved commute time for something you rarely get to do: a walk around the block in daylight, a proper breakfast, or a short block of focused work before messages start arriving. If you want structure, start a ClockAura focus timer at 7:30 and you will have done useful work before most meetings begin.
If you are not a morning person, give yourself a fixed ten-minute routine that needs no thought. Sit up, feet on the floor, drink the water you left by the bed. Open the curtains or switch on the main light. Wash your face with cool water. Then make your drink.
None of this is dramatic, but doing the same small steps in the same order every day teaches your body that 6:30 means getting up. After a few weeks the first minutes stop feeling like a negotiation. If you keep sleeping through, move the device out of arm's reach so you have to stand up to stop it.
The bedtime table on this page suggests times that line up with whole 90-minute cycles, allowing about 15 minutes to fall asleep. For a full six cycles that means lights out around 9:15 PM, and for five cycles around 10:45 PM.
For many people it is a comfortable middle ground: early enough for a calm start, late enough to allow a normal evening. The best wake time is one you can keep every day with enough sleep before it.
Once the page has loaded, the alarm runs in your browser and does not need a connection to ring. Keep the tab open and the device awake and charged.
· Written by Om Vaghani, ClockAura