Set the alarm clock for 5:54 am

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Going to bed for a 5:54 am alarm

Asleep by 8:39 pm — 6 full sleep cycles, about 9 hours
Asleep by 10:09 pm — 5 full sleep cycles, about 7 hours
Asleep by 11:39 pm — 4 full sleep cycles, about 6 hours

A sleep cycle runs about 90 minutes, and most people take around 15 minutes to drop off. Waking at the end of a cycle feels easier than waking in the middle of one.

5:54 am across the country

Sydney	5:54 am
Brisbane	5:54 am
Adelaide	5:24 am
Perth	3:54 am
Darwin	5:24 am

Times are worked out live in your browser, so daylight saving is already accounted for.

Online alarm clock for 5:54 am

Preparing tonight for a pool training session before work makes the 5:54 am start easier to trust. Set out your swimmers, towel and work clothes, then set the alarm before going to bed. That leaves a brief six-minute buffer before 6:00 am for getting upright, drinking some water and checking that everything needed for the pool is packed.

Your pool bag may be ready, but the alarm still needs to be audible over an early-morning fan, air conditioner or traffic outside. Choose a volume that can be heard from the bed and test the signal once from the same position. For this pool training, the browser alarm will produce no sound if its page is no longer running or the computer has gone to sleep, so a separate phone alarm is sensible when an uninterrupted wake-up matters.

Because 5:54 am is early, prepare the room with anyone else in the house in mind. Keep the computer or speaker close enough that a moderate signal reaches you without carrying down the hallway, and close the bedroom door if that softens it elsewhere. A vibrating phone placed beside the bed can provide a quieter backup while reducing the chance that the whole household wakes before your swim.

Common questions

What happens once the alarm goes off?

It rings through your device's speakers on a loop until you stop it from this page. There's no separate app notification, so make sure your volume is turned up before you rely on it.

Is this alarm accurate across daylight saving time?

It uses your device's local clock, so as long as your computer's time and date settings are correct, it'll adjust automatically when daylight saving time starts or ends.

Can I use this on my phone instead of a laptop?

Yes, it works in a mobile browser the same way, but phones are more likely to lock the screen or sleep, which can stop the alarm from ringing. A laptop or desktop tends to be more reliable for this.

Can I set more than one alarm at a time?

This page is built around a single alarm at a time. For multiple alarms, open a separate tab for each one and set a different time in each, keeping every tab open until it's rung.