Created by Web-Blinds, the interactive tool asks you what time you have to be up in the morning and then gives you the exact time you should go to bed.
Knowing what time works best for optimum sleep “means you can look forward to feeling fresh and alert every morning”, say Web Blinds.
If you’re not getting enough sleep, you aren’t suffering alone – 39 per cent of people in England suffer disrupted sleep or insomnia symptoms at any one time, according to the British National Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.
And a recent report conducted by the Sleep Council, ‘The Great British Bedtime Report’, has found that the proportion of people who said that they “sleep very well most nights” fell from 25 per cent in 2013 to 17 per cent in 2017.
Recent research suggests we should stop counting how many hours sleep we are getting and concentrate on sleep cycles.
Author and sleep expert Dr Laura Lefkowitz said to The Telegraph: “The brain has a pattern of sleep. It’s not like you just fall asleep and hour one is the same as hours two and three and five and nine.
“It goes through cycles. Within each there is what we call non-REM [Rapid Eye Movement] sleep, and then REM sleep.”
Each cycle lasts around 90 minutes, and each you should pass through five or six of them. Web-Blinds sleep calculator tool says: “Waking up mid-cycle can leave you feeling grumpy and tired but rising in between phases will help you to start the day with a smile on your face.”
Using the calculator, simply enter the time you need to wake up in the morning, and it will offer a selection of optimal times to go to bed.
If you need to be up at 6.00am, it suggests heading to bed at 8:46 pm or 9:16 pm or 1:46 am.
If you need to be up at 7am, it suggests heading to bed at 9:46 pm or 11:16 pm or 12:46 am or 2:16 am.
To find out your ideal bed time, try the sleep calculator here.
It was recently revealed getting a good night’s sleep boosts health and happiness as much as winning a £200,000 lottery prize.
Improved sleep leads to high levels of health and wellbeing over time, according to a new UK study.
Psychologist Nicole Tang, who lead the University of Warwick research, said aiming for better sleep routines leads to optimal physical and mental wellbeing over time – and that quality of sleep is more important than how many hours you get.
Analysing the sleep patterns of more than 30,500 people in UK households across four years, Dr Tang found that improving your sleep quality leads to levels of mental and physical health comparable to those of a £200,000 lottery winner.
