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What does a ₹10,000 monthly SIP compound to over different time horizons?

Scenario

A 30-year-old starts a ₹10,000 monthly SIP into a Nifty 500 index fund at 12% assumed nominal returns; compare terminal corpus at 15, 20, 25, and 30 years

Inputs

Horizons years
15,20,25,30
Monthly sip INR
10000
Assumed return %
12

Calculation

  1. 1.

    SIP-FV factor at 12%, 15 years

    ((1.01)^180 − 1) ÷ 0.01502x

  2. 2.

    Terminal corpus at 15 years

    ₹10K × 502₹50.20 L

  3. 3.

    Terminal corpus at 20 years

    ₹10K × 989₹98.90 L

  4. 4.

    Terminal corpus at 25 years

    ₹10K × 1888₹1.89 Cr

  5. 5.

    Terminal corpus at 30 years

    ₹10K × 3497₹3.50 Cr

Conclusion

₹10,000/month at 12% nominal returns: ₹50 lakh in 15 yrs, ₹99 lakh in 20 yrs, ₹1.89 Cr in 25 yrs, ₹3.50 Cr in 30 yrs. Compounding accelerates non-linearly — the final 5 years of a 30-year SIP add as much as the first 20 years combined.

Tradeoffs

Assumes 12% nominal holds across 30 years. At 10% return: 15-year corpus ₹41L, 30-year corpus ₹2.28 Cr. At 14%: ₹61L and ₹5.50 Cr respectively. Starting 5 years later roughly halves the 30-year terminal corpus.

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