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Goal Planner.

Down payment in 5 years? Kid's college in 12? Wedding in 3? Tell us the goal — we tell you what it costs per month, and whether the number is realistic at your income.

Tip: type "50L" or "2Cr" — both work. Goal grows with inflation by the time you reach it.
yrs
Existing money earmarked for this goal. It compounds along with your SIP.
Returns & inflation
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Monthly SIP needed
/ month
Future cost of your goal
Today's ₹ becomes this much in years at % inflation.
Your existing corpus grows to
If you stop adding anything else, your current ₹0 alone gets you here.
How this maths works

We take your goal (in today's rupees), inflate it for the years you've got, subtract whatever your existing corpus will grow into, and solve for the monthly SIP that fills the gap. If the required SIP is more than 50% of your take-home, that's a signal: the goal needs more time, less ambition, or a different income.

Three honest alternatives
What if the SIP is too steep?
Tweak Goal Years New SIP
The uncomfortable bit

Most "goal calculators" online tell you a comfortable SIP and stop there. They forget that the goal will be more expensive by the time you get to it — and that you have an income, not a magic wallet.

This one shows the honest SIP, the share of your income it would eat, and what changes if you give the goal more time or less ambition.

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