Study Timetable for Board Exams: Daily Plan (Free Timer)

A good study timetable for board exams has three parts: a countdown that tells you how many days are left, a daily plan made of focused study sessions with real breaks, and a weekly cycle that brings every subject back for revision. Below is a timetable you can copy for school days and for study leave, plus how to run it with the free focus timer and a free countdown to your first paper.

Board exams for Class 10 and 12 in India usually run from around February into March or April, with CBSE and most state boards publishing a date sheet a few months ahead. As per CBSE's 2025 announcement, Class 10 students can also take an optional second exam in May (from 2026) to improve their score in up to three subjects. Dates differ by board and year, so always plan from your own board's official date sheet.

Step 1: Count the days you actually have

Open the free countdown timer and switch to Countdown to a date. In Count down to, pick the date and start time of your first paper, and type a Name (optional) like "Maths board exam". You'll see the days, hours and minutes left. Press Copy link to this countdown and save the link on your laptop or send it to a study group, so everyone sees the same countdown.

Now do the maths on paper. Suppose there are 90 days left:

• Take off about one rest day a week: roughly 13.
• Keep the last 10 days for revision and past papers only.
• That leaves around 67 days to finish the syllabus and do one full revision.

Divide the chapters you still need to cover by those days. If that's more than you can manage, decide now which chapters get a full study and which get a quick summary, rather than discovering it in the last week.

Step 2: Build each day from focus sessions

Plan in sessions, not hours. "Six hours of study" is easy to waste; "eight 45-minute sessions" is a plan you can check off. In the free focus timer, open Settings and set:

• Focus (min): 45 (start with 25-30 if you're not used to long sessions).
• Short break (min): 10.
• Long break (min): 30.
• Long break after: 3 sessions.

Press Start. A chime plays at the end of each session and break, and the squares under the clock show how many sessions you've done since the last long break. The Pomodoro Technique explains why short, fixed rounds are easier to keep going than open-ended study.

A study timetable for board exams: school days

Time	What to do
5:30-6:15 pm	Session 1: the subject taught in school today, while it's fresh
6:15-6:25 pm	Break
6:25-7:10 pm	Session 2: practice questions for the same subject
7:10-7:20 pm	Break
7:20-8:05 pm	Session 3: second subject from the weekly plan
8:05-8:45 pm	Dinner, family, no screens
8:45-9:30 pm	Session 4: revision of a weak chapter
9:30-9:45 pm	Quick recall: write down three things learned today
10:30 pm	Sleep

That's four focus sessions, about three hours of real study, on top of a school day.

A timetable for study leave

Once school ends for preparation, you can fit in about eight sessions:

Block	Sessions	Focus
Morning, 7:00-10:30	3 sessions + breaks	Hardest subject of the day: new chapters, numericals, proofs
Late morning, 11:00-1:00	2 sessions + break	Second subject: practice questions
Midday, 1:00-3:00	Rest	Lunch and a proper break
Afternoon, 3:00-5:30	2 sessions + breaks	Theory subjects, diagrams, maps, short notes
Evening, 7:00-8:30	1 session + a short recall	Revision of earlier chapters or a timed section of a past paper
Night, 9:30	Wind down	Plan tomorrow's sessions, then sleep

Put the subject you find hardest in the morning sessions, when most students are freshest. Keep at least one long break and a proper lunch; the timetable only works if you can keep it up for weeks.

The weekly cycle

• Rotate subjects so each one comes up at least three or four times a week, rather than one subject a week.
• One past paper a week under exam conditions from about two months out, more often in the final month. Set the free countdown timer to the paper's real duration, such as 3 hours (type 3h), and stop writing when it chimes.
• Sunday review: check what's done, move unfinished chapters into next week, and take an afternoon off.

The final 10 days

• No new chapters. Revise your own short notes, formulas and diagrams.
• One past paper or sample paper a day, then check the answers against the marking scheme.
• Between papers, plan by the date sheet: revise the next paper's subject in the gap days, starting with the topics that carry the most marks.
• Keep the same sleep time as on exam days. If papers start at 10:30 am, be fully awake well before then.

Want to know what score you're on track for? Add up your marks on each practice paper and use the free percentage calculator; our guide to calculating percentage of marks shows how.

Small habits that make the timetable work

• Phone in another room during sessions. More ideas in our focus tips for studying.
• Write the next session's task on a sticky note before each break.
• If you miss a session, don't try to make it up at midnight. Move it to the next free slot.
• If you like planning in detail, time blocking shows how to lay out a whole day.

Start today's first session

Set your exam countdown, write down today's first task, and start the free focus timer. There's no sign-up and nothing to install; the timer runs in your browser and nothing you set leaves your device. Keep the tab open and let the chime tell you when to rest.