Thread: How do you what time to wake up to do WBTB/WILD?

I am a confused newbie to lucid dreaming.

In the tutorials, I see that you get 4-5 (or 5-6) hours of sleep. Should I count the hours from the time I go to bed or from the time I fall asleep?

For example,
If I go to bed at 10:00 pm., should I count the 5 hours from this time, and wake up 3:00 am.?

I think that it doesn't make sense counting from the time I fall asleep because I never know exactly when I fall asleep; sometimes I take 30 minutes, 1 hour, or even 1 hour and 30 minutes to fall asleep.

Hence, my wake-up time would be different if I count from the time I fall asleep.

If I get into bed at 10pm (and count from here), I should get up at 3am.
If I fall asleep at about 11pm (and count from here), I should get up a 4am.

I really need to know when to make my alarm go off; whether at 3am or 4am.

Please help me.