Child wedding cost calculator
Start with what a wedding would cost today and how old your child is now. The calculator inflates that cost to the year you expect it and shows the monthly SIP it would take to get there at the return you assume.
Illustrative only — this is not a projection or a promise of returns. Every figure below is arithmetic applied to the rate of return you typed in. H2 Investment is not suggesting that rate, forecasting it, or promising it. Returns are market-linked, vary from year to year, and can be negative.
The first figure is today’s cost aged forward for inflation; the second is the monthly SIP that would target it at the rate you chose. Both are illustrations.
What this is, and what it isn’t
This is arithmetic on the numbers you typed. It compounds them at the rate you chose and shows you the result. That is all it does.
It is an illustration, not a projection. It is not a forecast, not a recommendation, and not an offer. Nobody knows what any investment will return, so the rate you enter is an assumption you are making, not a rate anyone is offering you. Real returns arrive unevenly — good years, flat years and falling years, in an order nobody can predict — and that order matters as much as the average.
Use the output the way you’d use a rough estimate on the back of an envelope: to see whether the shape of a plan is roughly right, not to decide what a specific rupee amount will be worth on a specific date.
This shows the instalment the arithmetic needs, not an amount that will cover the wedding for certain. It is an illustration, not a projection or a promise. Re-run it as your plans and assumptions change.
What this calculation assumes
The calculator inflates the cost to what it would be in the year you plan for, subtracts the future value of anything already saved, and solves for the monthly SIP that would cover the rest at the rate you assume. Three assumptions sit behind that:
- One rate, every month. The calculator applies the same return to every month of every year. Markets do not work that way. Two plans that both average 12% can end up far apart depending on which years were the bad ones.
- The rate is yours, not ours. The return is an assumption you are making, not a rate anyone is offering you. Nobody knows what any investment will return, so run it at more than one rate and look at the spread.
- The cost is a guess about the future. A wedding’s cost is set as much by choices you have not made yet as by inflation. Treat the figure as a placeholder and revisit it as the plan takes shape.
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About these calculators
How do I plan for my child’s wedding costs?
Start with what a comparable wedding costs today, pick the rough year, and the tool inflates the cost and shows the monthly SIP that could target it. Every figure is an illustration from your inputs.
Is this figure a projection of what I will earn?
No. Every figure here is an illustration produced from the numbers you type in, at a rate of return you choose yourself. It is arithmetic, not a forecast: mutual fund returns are market-linked and not assured, and the actual outcome will differ.
What rate of return should I assume?
That assumption is yours to make — the tool leaves it in your hands on purpose. A rate you enter is an illustration, not a rate we are promising or suggesting is likely. If you want to understand what drives returns in different kinds of funds, the explainers do that without putting a number on the future.
Does this account for tax, expense ratio or exit load?
Unless a field asks for it, no — the core calculators show how compounding works on the inputs you give. Real outcomes are reduced by the scheme’s expense ratio, by any exit load, and by tax on your gains.
Why do your figures differ from another site’s calculator?
Almost always because of the assumptions, not the maths — the return rate, whether tax and costs are included, and how compounding frequency is handled. Change those to match and the numbers converge. Every one of these is an illustration of arithmetic, not a claim about a real scheme.
Is an SIP better than investing a lump sum?
Neither is universally better — they suit different situations. An SIP spreads your investment across many dates, which fits money that arrives monthly and takes the timing decision off your plate; a lump sum puts money to work at once, which fits money you already hold. Which applies to you depends on your cash flow and goal, so it is a conversation rather than a rule. SIP or lump sum, compared goes deeper.
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