Cost of Delaying SIP Calculator
What waiting to start investing really costs — the corpus gap from every year of procrastination.
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Disclaimer: Assumes a constant annual return — real market returns vary year to year, and mutual-fund investments are subject to market risk. Educational math only, not investment advice.
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About Cost of Delaying SIP Calculator
Procrastination has a price, and this calculator prints it: delay a ₹15,000 SIP by 3 years on a 20-year goal at 12%, and the corpus drops from roughly ₹1.5 crore to ₹1 crore — the delay costs ~₹50 lakh, several times the ₹5.4 lakh of instalments you 'saved' by waiting. The asymmetry is the lesson: the months you skip are the ones whose compounding would have run longest. The catch-up figure makes it concrete: to reach the same goal after delaying, the required SIP jumps — often 30–50% higher for a 3-year delay — because the same target must be built in fewer compounding years. Every year of delay makes the goal more expensive per month, which is why 'I'll start when I earn more' is self-defeating: the raise gets eaten by the catch-up premium. Use this tool against perfectionism: people delay for the perfect fund, the market dip, the next bonus. A mediocre fund started today beats the perfect fund started in two years at these horizons. Start with whatever amount removes the excuse — even ₹2,000 — and let the step-up SIP escalator do the growing.
How to use Cost of Delaying SIP Calculator
- 1Enter Planned monthly SIP, Delay before starting (years), Expected annual return (%), Goal is (years away) into the Cost of Delaying SIP Calculator.
- 2The result is computed automatically using Cost of delay = FV(SIP, full horizon) − FV(SIP, horizon − delay) ; catch-up SIP = target ÷ FV(₹1, shorter window) — there is no button to press; it updates live as you type.
- 3Change any input to model a different scenario, then use “Copy result link” to share the exact numbers.
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Frequently asked questions
3 saal ki deri se itna bada farak kaise?+
Kyunki delay AAKHRI 3 saal ka compounding kaat'ta hai, pehle 3 ka nahi — aur corpus ke sabse bade saal aakhri hote hain. ₹1.5 crore wale plan me last 3 years hi ~₹50 lakh jodte hain. Aapne instalments sirf ₹5.4 lakh ke roke, par unka 17-saal ka compounding bhi rok diya.
Main 5 saal late hoon — ab kya karoon?+
Catch-up output dekhiye: wahi goal chhote window me chahiye to SIP utni badhani hogi (defaults par delay=5 karne par dikh jayega). Afford na ho to mix kijiye: jitna ho sake utna abhi + 10–12% yearly step-up + goal ko 2-3 saal aage sarkana. Sabse mehnga option hai aur intezaar karna.
Does this math apply to retirement specifically?+
Most brutally there: retirement horizons are long, so delays compound longest. A 25-year-old's ₹10,000 SIP and a 35-year-old's ₹31,000 SIP reach similar corpora by 60 at 12% — the decade of delay tripled the price. Whatever this calculator shows for your numbers, retirement multiplies it.
Market gir raha hai — kya ab shuru karna delay se behtar hai?+
Girta market SIP shuru karne ka SABSE accha waqt hota hai: shuru ke instalments sasti units kharidte hain. Delay ka cost upar wala hi rehta hai, aur dip ka fayda bonus me milta hai. Timing ka intezaar hi to delay hai — jis cheez ka cost yeh tool naap raha hai.
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