How much SIP for ₹5 crore?

To reach ₹5 crore at 12% a year you need about ₹99,093 a month over 15 years, or ₹50,043 a month over 20. The calculator below is pre-filled at ₹5 crore, and the table shows every term.

By Sudarshan Babar · Software engineer and founder of the getinfotoyou tool network Updated

Reaching ₹5 crore

₹5 lakh₹10 crore

Priced in today’s money. The inflation field converts it to what you will actually need.

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An assumption, not a promise. Equity funds are usually modelled at 10–12%; see what rate to assume.

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Leave at 0 to aim at the literal figure. Set 6% to target ₹5 crore of today’s purchasing power instead.

What it takes

Target ₹5,00,00,000
Total you will put in ₹1,78,36,758
Contributed by compounding ₹3,21,63,242
Or invest once, today ₹91,34,813
Monthly SIP needed ₹99,093
₹0₹1.25 Cr₹2.5 Cr₹3.75 Cr₹5 Cr0246810121415

What you investWhat compounding adds

The path to ₹5,00,00,000 at 12% a year.
YearMonthlyInvested so farReturnsValue at year end
1₹99,093₹11,89,117₹80,199₹12,69,316
2₹99,093₹23,78,234₹3,21,379₹26,99,613
3₹99,093₹35,67,352₹7,43,956₹43,11,308
4₹99,093₹47,56,469₹13,70,937₹61,27,405
5₹99,093₹59,45,586₹22,28,244₹81,73,830
6₹99,093₹71,34,703₹33,45,089₹1,04,79,792
7₹99,093₹83,23,820₹47,54,388₹1,30,78,208
8₹99,093₹95,12,938₹64,93,231₹1,60,06,168
9₹99,093₹1,07,02,055₹86,03,412₹1,93,05,467
10₹99,093₹1,18,91,172₹1,11,32,027₹2,30,23,199
11₹99,093₹1,30,80,289₹1,41,32,144₹2,72,12,433
12₹99,093₹1,42,69,406₹1,76,63,561₹3,19,32,967
13₹99,093₹1,54,58,524₹2,17,93,659₹3,72,52,183
14₹99,093₹1,66,47,641₹2,65,98,367₹4,32,46,008
15₹99,093₹1,78,36,758₹3,21,63,242₹5,00,00,000

Retirement-scale, and whether it is enough

₹5 crore is retirement-scale money, which makes it the one goal on this site where the right question is not "how do I get there" but "is that actually the right target".

Reaching it takes ₹26,349 a month over 25 years at 12%, or ₹14,165 over 30 — serious commitments that assume a high income sustained for decades.

Now test whether ₹5 crore funds a retirement. In 25 years at 6% inflation it is worth about ₹1.16 Cr in today's money. Drawing an inflation-adjusted income from it at a real rate of around 1% — which is what a 7% portfolio against 6% inflation gives you — supports roughly ₹41,667 a month at the start, rising with prices, for 25 years.

Which may be plenty or may be short, depending entirely on what you spend. That is the point: a round number is not a plan. Work backwards from your actual monthly spending using the retirement planner, which inflates your costs to the retirement date and computes the corpus that funds them — rather than picking a target because it sounds like enough.

At this level the constraints are also no longer purely arithmetic: tax, allocation, sequence risk and estate planning all matter, and all of them are worth professional advice.

Monthly SIP needed for ₹5 crore

The fourth column is the share of the target supplied by compounding rather than by you — which is the strongest argument for a longer term.

Monthly SIP needed to reach 5 crore at 12% a year
TermMonthly SIPTotal investedCompounding’s shareOr one-time today
5 years₹6,06,161₹3,63,69,64727%₹2,83,71,343
10 years₹2,15,203₹2,58,24,32648%₹1,60,98,662
15 years₹99,093₹1,78,36,75864%₹91,34,813
20 years₹50,043₹1,20,10,23476%₹51,83,338
25 years₹26,349₹79,04,57684%₹29,41,165
30 years₹14,165₹50,99,27590%₹16,68,896

Questions people actually ask

How much SIP do I need for ₹5 crore in 10 years?

About ₹2,15,203 a month at 12% a year. Over 15 years it drops to ₹99,093, and over 20 to ₹50,043 — 77% less for doubling the time.

Will ₹5 crore be enough by then?

In purchasing power, no — not if you mean ₹5 crore as it feels today. At 6% inflation, ₹5 crore in 20 years buys about ₹1.56 Cr of today's goods.

To target ₹5 crore of today's value, set the inflation field above to 6%. The required instalment rises to ₹2,37,482 a month over 15 years.

Can I reach ₹5 crore with a one-time investment instead?

Yes, and it takes less total money because it compounds for the whole period: ₹91,34,813 invested today reaches ₹5 crore in 15 years at 12%.

The table above shows the one-time figure for every term. The lump sum calculator works it the other way round.