To that end, we have a few solutions. In the video above, The Fix's Chris Cillizza goes through poll closing times across the country, and explains which particular closings might signal big election-night moments (hint: the 9 p.m. hour could be critical).

The first polls in Indiana and Kentucky are scheduled to close at 6 p.m. Eastern, with the last polls in Alaska closing 7 hours later. The states listed in bold below were called as polls closed:

6 p.m.

Parts of Indiana and Kentucky are the first states on the list. Note: some polling locations in both states remain open until 7 p.m. Eastern time.

7 p.m.

The rest of Kentucky and Indiana, part of Florida (polls in some parts of the state remain open until 8 p.m.), Georgia, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and a small part of Alabama are next.

7:30 p.m.

North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia all close at 7:30.

8 p.m.

At 8 p.m., polls close in all or part of states including Alabama (where some polling places close at 7 p.m.), Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri and New Jersey. In Kansas, Michigan, parts of North Dakota and South Dakota and Texas, some polling places stay open until 9 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Arkansas

9 p.m.

Polls fully close in states including Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

10 p.m.

Polls close in states including Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah.

11 p.m.

Polls close in states including California, Hawaii, Idaho (some polling places open until 10 p.m.), Oregon (some polling places open until 10 p.m.), and Washington state. Polls in Alaska close at both 11 p.m. and midnight Eastern time.

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But if you just can't wait for the polls to close, we have a few tools to occupy you in the meantime.

The Fix's Philip Bump created interactives that will come in super handy today. His electoral map simulator lets you map out how you think each state will break, letting you predict the ultimate winner:

Another version of that tool plots out how the electoral map could end up looking if every state votes according to the most recent polling averages.