How to use the EMI calculator
- Enter the loan amount and the interest rate per year.
- Enter the tenure and choose years or months.
- Pick a currency. Indian rupees use lakh and crore grouping, for example 5,00,000.
- Read the monthly EMI, total interest and total payment, then scroll the schedule.
- Use Download CSV to open the month-by-month schedule in a spreadsheet.
The formula
EMI = P × r × (1 + r)^n ÷ ((1 + r)^n − 1)
- P is the principal, the amount you borrow.
- r is the monthly rate: annual rate ÷ 12 ÷ 100.
- n is the number of monthly payments.
Each month, interest equals the opening balance × r. The rest of the EMI repays principal, so the balance falls and the interest part shrinks while the principal part grows. A loan with a 0% rate simply divides the principal by n.
Worked example
Loan of 5,00,000 at 8.5% for 20 years.
- r = 8.5 ÷ 12 ÷ 100 = 0.0070833 and n = 240.
- (1 + r)^240 = 5.4412, so EMI = 500000 × 0.0070833 × 5.4388 ÷ 4.4412 = 4,339.
- Total payment = 4,339 × 240 = 10,41,388, so total interest is 5,41,388.
- First month: interest 3,542 and principal 797, so the balance becomes 4,99,203.
The split rows show the share of principal and interest across the whole loan, and the first EMI split, so you can see how front-loaded interest is.
Ways to pay less interest
- Choose the shortest tenure the budget allows. Halving the tenure cuts interest dramatically.
- Make part-prepayments early, when each rupee saves the most interest.
- Compare lenders by the rate and the fees, not the EMI alone.
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