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I hadn't heard the baby kick for a few days so lying here being monitoredIs this ok. (so lying here ...)In a months time, I'll call you.To lock up the past, you embrace the future.On many occasions, I've been to that park.Each time I tried it, I didn't like it.Is it grammatical rule to use a comma in these examples?  Are the words beginning the sentence on/each/to  similar to If, despite, though, in the sense, they  usually begin a dependent clause?

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panda blue 483I hadn't heard the baby kick for a few days so lying here being monitored
Is this ok. (so lying here ...)

It appears to be an abbreviated form of "I hadn't heard the baby kick for a few days so I'm lying here being monitored".

I would have thought you'd feel a baby kick rather than hear it.

panda blue 483In a month's time, I'll call you.
To lock up the past, you embrace the future.
On many occasions, I've been to that park.
Each time I tried it, I didn't like it.

panda blue 483Is it grammatical rule to use a comma in these examples?

Punctuation rules are not grammatical rules. These sentences could be written with or without the comma, depending on author's preference. The word order of some of these sentences seems unusual though. For example, "I've been to that park on many occasions" would be much more common.

panda blue 483Are the words beginning the sentence on/each/to similar to If, despite, though, in the sense, they usually begin a dependent clause?

The words before the commas are adverbial phrases, not clauses. They answer wh-questions such as "When will you call me?" or "Why should you embrace the future?". "in" and "on" are prepositions; "to" is an infinitive marker, and "each" is a determiner.

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