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The parameter along which the quantum state evolves.
The derivative with respect to ttt is the left-hand side of the equation of motion.
The equation says what ∂Ψ/∂t\partial\Psi/\partial t∂Ψ/∂t must be, not what Ψ(t)\Psi(t)Ψ(t) is until you solve it.