These are the times to watch the smoke from the Sistine Chapel’s famous chimney.
As mentioned :
1. First and third ballot of the day will only have smoke if the Pope has been elected. This smoke will always be white.
2. Second and fourth ballot of the day will always have smoke, and can either be black or white.
a. Black smoke : no Pope has been elected
b. White smoke : a new Pope has been elected
3. 45 minutes will pass between the white smoke, and the appearance of the Cardinal Protodeacon, who will announce the Habemus Papam, which will reveal the name of the newly elected Pope, then another 15 minutes will likely pass before the new Pope made his appearance.
