Study Time Planner
Split study hours into sessions with breaks over the days you pick, around your commitments and from a start time you set, and check they fit before an exam. How it works
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About the Study Time Planner
10 study hours over Monday to Friday, in 25-minute sessions with 5-minute breaks and at most 3 hours a day, become 24 sessions: 5, 5, 5, 5 and 4 a day, with Monday running from 9:00 AM to 11:25 AM. A day holds at most floor((daily maximum + break) / (session + break)) full sessions, because the daily maximum includes the breaks. Hours that do not fit in one week of the chosen days are reported, not squeezed in.
Example study plans
| Total | Days | Daily maximum | Session + break | Most sessions a day | Planned in one week | Not scheduled | Weeks at this pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 h | Mon-Fri | 3 h | 25 min + 5 min | 6 | 3 sessions, 1.0 h | none | 1 |
| 10 h | Mon-Fri | 3 h | 25 min + 5 min | 6 | 24 sessions, 10.0 h | none | 1 |
| 60 h | Mon-Fri | 3 h | 25 min + 5 min | 6 | 30 sessions, 12.5 h | 47 h 30 min | 5 |
| 100 h | Mon-Fri | 3 h | 25 min + 5 min | 6 | 30 sessions, 12.5 h | 87 h 30 min | 8 |
| 40 h | Mon-Fri | 4 h | 45 min + 15 min | 4 | 20 sessions, 15.0 h | 25 h | 3 |
| 20 h | every day | 2 h | 50 min + 10 min | 2 | 14 sessions, 11.7 h | 8 h 20 min | 2 |
| 12 h | Sat-Sun | 6 h | 50 min + 10 min | 6 | 12 sessions, 10.0 h | 2 h | 2 |
The daily maximum counts study plus the breaks between sessions. Every day starts at 9:00 AM, the default start time.
Frequently asked questions
- How many study sessions fit in a day?
- floor((daily maximum + break) / (session + break)). With 3 hours, 25-minute sessions and 5-minute breaks that is (180 + 5) / 30, so 6 sessions: 2 h 30 min of study and 25 minutes of breaks, from 9:00 AM to 11:55 AM. With 2 hours, 50-minute sessions and 10-minute breaks it is 2.
- Does the daily maximum include breaks?
- Yes. Study time plus the breaks between sessions must fit in the daily maximum, so a day that starts at 9:00 AM with a 3-hour maximum is over by 12:00 PM. A break counts only between two sessions, not after the last one.
- What happens when my hours do not fit in a week?
- The plan fills one week of your days and reports the rest. 100 hours over Monday to Friday at 3 hours a day, with 25-minute sessions and 5-minute breaks, plans 30 sessions (12.5 hours) and reports 87 h 30 min that do not fit; at that pace the whole total takes about 8 weeks. Add days or raise the daily maximum.
- Can I plan less than an hour of study?
- Yes, down to 5 minutes, the shortest session. 1 hour with 25-minute sessions plans 25, 25 and 10 minutes, one session on each of the first three days. Under 5 minutes the page says the total is too short to plan.
- Can I start my study day in the evening?
- Yes. Set Study day starts at to 7:00 PM and 10 hours over Monday to Friday plans Monday from 7:00 PM to 9:25 PM: five 25-minute sessions with 5-minute breaks. Every session must end by midnight. To work around a job, class or dinner, add it under Commitments to plan around; sessions go in the free time around it.
- Is this a spaced repetition schedule?
- No. Sessions have one fixed length and are spread evenly over the days you pick. The planner does not schedule subjects, reviews of earlier material or growing gaps between reviews.
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