Find out when you should go to bed, and when you should wake up in order to get the best night’s sleep with the Sleep cycle calculator.
The amount of time you need for sleep will change by your age. An infant may need up to 17 hours of sleep each day, while an adult may just need 7 hours of sleep a night.
AGE RANGE | DAILY SLEEP (HOURS) | |
NEWBORN | < 3 months | 14-17 |
INFANT | 4-11 months | 12-15 |
TODDLER | 1-2 years | 11-14 |
PRESCHOOL | 3-5 years | 10-13 |
SCHOOL AGE | 6-13 years | 9-11 |
TEENAGER | 14-17 years | 8-10 |
SENIOR | 18-64 years | 7-9 |
THE OLD | >65 years | 7-8 |
Your brain and body will go through a different cycle of sleep when you fall asleep, and each cycle includes five distinct stages.
Adults need to complete at least 5 or 6 sleep cycles per night. On average, you may need 10-20 minutes to fall asleep, and it takes about 90 minutes to go through each sleep cycle.
Five cycles are about 7.5 hours of sleep a night, while six full cycles are about 9 hours of sleep. Ideally, you usually feel more refreshed when you wake up at the end of a sleep cycle.
Sleeping time are based on your wake-up time, five or six complete sleep cycles and 15 minutes to fall asleep.
WAKE-UP TIME (A.M.) | BEDTIME 7.5 HRS (P.M.) | BEDTIME 9 HRS (P.M.) |
4:00 | 8:15 | 6:45 |
4:30 | 8:45 | 7:15 |
5:00 | 9:15 | 7:45 |
5:30 | 9:45 | 8:15 |
6:00 | 10:15 | 8:45 |
6:30 | 10:45 | 9:15 |
7:00 | 11:15 | 9:45 |
7:30 | 11:45 | 10:15 |
8:00 | 00:15 | 10:45 |