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Goal-Based SIP Calculator
Calculate how much you need to invest monthly to reach your financial goals
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How this calculator works
To reach ₹1 crore in 15 years at 12% annual returns, you need to invest about ₹20,000 a month.
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Enter your financial goal amount
Input the target corpus you want to accumulate — for example ₹50 lakh for a home down payment or ₹2 crore for retirement.
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Enter the time available
Type in the number of years you have to reach the goal.
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Set expected annual return
Enter a realistic return rate — 10–12% for diversified equity mutual funds, 6–7% for debt funds, 8% for balanced funds.
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View the required monthly SIP
The calculator shows the monthly SIP amount needed and how your corpus grows year by year towards the goal.
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Frequently asked questions
At 12% annual return, you need approximately ₹43,000 per month SIP to accumulate ₹1 crore in 10 years. At 10%, the required SIP is approximately ₹48,000. The power of compounding means starting earlier dramatically reduces the required monthly amount — at 15 years, the required SIP drops to about ₹25,000 at 12%.
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of your target corpus. For a goal 10 years away, add 5–6% annual inflation to the today's cost. For example, a ₹30 lakh home down payment needed today will require ₹49–55 lakh in 10 years at 5–6% inflation. Our calculator lets you enter the inflation-adjusted goal amount directly.
A step-up SIP (or SIP with annual top-up) increases your monthly investment by a fixed percentage each year — typically 5–10% — in line with salary increments. It significantly reduces the initial SIP burden and helps reach the same goal with a lower starting amount. For example, a 10% annual step-up can reduce the required starting SIP by 20–30%.
The fund choice depends on the goal timeline: (1) 10+ years — large-cap or flexi-cap equity funds (10–14% expected CAGR). (2) 5–10 years — balanced advantage or hybrid funds (8–11% expected CAGR). (3) Under 3 years — short-duration debt funds (6–7% expected CAGR). Always choose direct plans to avoid distributor commissions.
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