Set the alarm clock for 4:39 am

 

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Going to bed for a 4:39 am alarm

  • Asleep by 7:24 pm — 6 full sleep cycles, about 9 hours
  • Asleep by 8:54 pm — 5 full sleep cycles, about 7 hours
  • Asleep by 10:24 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.

Online alarm clock for 4:39 am

Handing the pre-dawn Waikato milking start to someone else is easier when 4:39 am marks the change clearly. Set the alarm for that exact time so the incoming person knows when to take over, while the outgoing person can finish any brief notes or checks before 5:00 am.

Because sound can quietly switch to connected headphones, check the audio route after setting the alarm and leave the headphones where the person taking over will notice them. Use a volume that can be heard from the place where the handover happens, then test it once. If the browser alarm is shut down or the computer goes to sleep, there will be no sound to prompt the milking handover, so use a separate alarm when missing the start would disrupt the morning routine.

A 4:39 am alert can carry through a quiet house long before sunrise. Keep the sounding phone or computer away from shared bedroom walls, and close nearby doors if that will soften the noise. If another person at home must hear it, agree beforehand who will respond, so nobody else has to get up simply to check whether the dairy shift has changed hands.