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Sleep Cycle Calculator

Find the best time to go to bed or wake up, based on your sleep cycles.

Adults have ~90 min sleep cycles. Children cycle faster (~60 min), seniors ~80 min.

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Fall asleep instantly Takes 60 min

How sleep cycles work

A typical sleep cycle lasts about 90 minutes and includes light sleep, deep sleep, and REM sleep. Waking up in the middle of a cycle leaves you feeling groggy.

This calculator works backward from your target wake-up time (or bedtime) to find times that align with the end of a sleep cycle — so you wake up naturally refreshed.