Candle Timer
A candle that burns down over your chosen duration and goes out at zero.
The candle is the calmest of the visual timers — nothing flashes, nothing races, the wax just gets shorter. That makes it the one to reach for when a countdown needs to be visible without adding pressure: silent reading, independent work, or a wind-down at the end of a lesson.
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Paste this into any page — a class blog, a lesson plan, a meeting agenda — and visitors get a working candle timer with no script tag, no account and no tracking. Please keep the credit link.
About the Candle Timer
A free online candle timer. The candle shortens as the countdown runs, the flame flickers while it burns, and it goes out with a wisp of smoke when time is up. Any duration, fullscreen, no ads.
TimerHub calculates remaining time from an absolute finish timestamp, so missed browser callbacks do not create drift. Read the timing accuracy methodology and reproducible tests.
Common Uses
- Silent reading
- Independent work
- Calm end-of-lesson wind-down
- Timed meditation in class
- Ambient countdown on a side screen
How to Use the Candle Timer
- Click Start (or press Space) to begin your 10 minute countdown
- Press Space again to pause and resume, or R to reset the timer
- Tap a duration chip, or click the countdown to type any time you need
- Use the Fullscreen control below the timer for a large full-screen countdown (Esc to exit)
- Choose or mute the alarm sound from the sound settings in the header
- Add
?autostart=1to the link to start the countdown on load - Enable notifications for alerts when your candle timer finishes, even in a background tab
Frequently Asked Questions
Why use a candle rather than a digital countdown?▾
A shrinking candle communicates roughly how long is left without inviting anyone to watch individual seconds tick away. For calm activities that is the point — the pressure of a digital readout is the thing you are trying to avoid.
Does it make any noise while it burns?▾
No. The candle is silent until the alarm at zero, and you can mute that too with the speaker button in the header if you only want the visual.
Can I put this on a projector or smart board?▾
Yes. Press Fullscreen under the timer and the drawing fills the display at whatever size the screen allows. Esc exits. For a Chromecast or AirPlay setup, cast the browser tab and then go fullscreen on the source machine.
Can I embed this timer in my own page?▾
Yes. Every timer here has a copy-and-paste embed code that drops a working countdown into a class blog, a lesson page or a school site, with no account and no script tag.
Does it need an account or an app?▾
No. It runs in the browser with no signup, no install and no ads, which is what makes it usable on a locked-down school machine.