How long until your Tabung Haji savings reach the cost of Hajj.
Time to reach target
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Total deposited
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Hibah earned
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How monthly deposits and hibah compound
Tabung Haji, run by Lembaga Tabung Haji, is where many Malaysian Muslims build the savings to perform the Hajj. You pay in over the years and the fund credits an annual hibah, a profit distribution declared by the board, on your balance. This calculator turns that into a timeline: given what you have saved, what you add each month, and the hibah rate you expect, it works out roughly how many months until you reach your target Hajj cost. Under the hood it compounds month by month, crediting one twelfth of your annual rate to the running balance and then adding your fresh deposit, so the profit you earn starts earning its own profit. That snowball is the whole point of starting early rather than scrambling near pilgrimage time.
The arithmetic rewards two things above all: a steady monthly habit and time. A small deposit left to compound for a decade can outrun a larger one started late, which is why the tool lets you see the effect of changing each input on its own.
Why the timeline is an estimate, not a promise
The hibah is not a fixed interest rate. It is declared each year by Lembaga Tabung Haji and has varied across recent years, so the rate you type in is your assumption rather than a guaranteed return. Treat the result as a planning estimate and revisit it when a new hibah is announced. The cost of Hajj itself also moves with airfares, exchange rates, and package choices, so the RM35,000 default target is illustrative; replace it with the figure quoted for the year you plan to travel. Because both the return and the cost can shift, the sensible approach is to aim a little ahead of the target and review yearly.
Saving RM500 a month toward RM35,000
Take the defaults: RM5,000 already saved, RM500 added each month, a 3 percent annual hibah, and a RM35,000 target. Running the month-by-month compounding gives the figures below.
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So roughly RM2,677 of the RM35,000 comes from hibah rather than your own pocket, and you hit the goal in four years and seven months. The chart splits the final balance into the part you contributed and the part the fund added.
Tuning the three levers
You control three things, and each pulls the timeline differently. Raising the monthly deposit is the most direct lever, since most of the balance comes from your own contributions in the early years. The hibah rate matters more the longer your horizon and the larger your balance, because compounding has more to work with. The target itself is worth pressure-testing: if you suspect Hajj will cost more by the time you go, set a higher figure now and the tool will tell you honestly how much sooner you need to start or how much more you must save each month. A common mistake is anchoring on today's package price for a pilgrimage that is a decade away.
Should I rely on the hibah rate staying the same every year?
No. The hibah is reviewed and declared annually, and a year of lower distribution will stretch your timeline. Plan with a conservative rate rather than the highest recent figure, and update the calculator when Lembaga Tabung Haji announces each year's hibah so your projection stays grounded.
What if the calculator says the target is never reached?
That happens when your monthly deposit and hibah together cannot outpace the gap to your goal within the model's long horizon. The fix is almost always a larger monthly deposit. Nudge it up and the timeline reappears, which is a useful way to back into the contribution your goal actually requires.