The day begins at 4:00 a.m. with a wakeup bell and continues until 9:00 p.m.
There are about ten hours of meditation throughout the day, interspersed with regular breaks and rest
periods. Every evening at 7:00 p.m. there is a videotaped lecture by the Teacher, S.N. Goenka, which
provides a context for meditators to understand their experience of the day. This schedule has proved
workable and beneficial for hundreds of thousands of people for decades.