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Loan Tenure
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Monthly EMI
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Total Interest
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Total Payment
Enter your loan amount and interest rate, then fill in either your EMI or your tenure — the other is calculated instantly.
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A normal EMI calculator asks for your loan amount, interest rate and tenure, then tells you the EMI. This tool works the opposite way too: if you already know the EMI you can afford, it works backward to tell you how long it will take to clear the loan. You only need to fill in one of EMI or tenure — whichever you already know — and it fills in the other.
The calculator rearranges the standard EMI formula to solve for the number of months instead of the EMI. Given your loan amount, monthly interest rate and the EMI you plan to pay, it calculates how many monthly installments of that size are needed to bring the outstanding balance down to zero, then converts that month count into years and months.
Every loan accrues a minimum amount of interest each month, equal to the outstanding balance multiplied by the monthly interest rate. If your entered EMI doesn't even cover that monthly interest, the loan balance would never shrink — it would grow instead. The calculator detects this and shows a warning asking you to enter a higher EMI, rather than displaying a misleading or infinite tenure.
Loan tenure is the total period you have to repay a loan through EMIs.
Balance what you can comfortably pay every month against how much interest you're willing to pay overall. A common rule of thumb is to keep all your EMIs together under about 40% of your take-home income. From there, compare a shorter tenure (higher EMI, less total interest) against a longer one (lower EMI, more total interest) using the fields above, and pick whichever EMI fits your monthly budget without stretching the loan longer than necessary.
Yes. A longer tenure usually means a lower EMI, while a shorter tenure generally means a higher EMI.