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90-Day CA Foundation Study Plan for May 2026 (Week-by-Week)

22 April 2026·12 min·By CA Saarthi
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# 90-Day CA Foundation Study Plan for May 2026

This assumes you're starting **today** and have ~6 hours a day on weekdays, 10 hours on weekends.

The split

  • 60 days — **foundation + practice**
  • 20 days — **mock tests + weakness-fix**
  • 10 days — **final revision**
  • Weeks 1–4 (Days 1–28) — Foundation Phase

    WeekPaper 1Paper 2Paper 3Paper 4
    1Framework + ProcessContract Act (essentials)Ratio + IndicesDemand & Supply
    2Depreciation + BRSContract Act (remedies)Logarithm + SI/CIElasticity + Consumer
    3Bills + Subsidiary BooksSale of Goods ActAnnuities + PV/FVProduction & Cost
    4Partnership (basics + admission)Partnership ActPermutations + CombinationsMarket Forms

    End each week with a 30-question MCQ on each paper.

    Weeks 5–8 (Days 29–56) — Practice Phase

    WeekPaper 1Paper 2Paper 3Paper 4
    5Partnership (retirement/death)Negotiable InstrumentsAP + GP + SeriesBusiness Cycles
    6Partnership (dissolution)LLP Act + Companies ActCentral Tendency + DispersionForms of Business
    7Company Accounts — SharesCompanies Act (class)Correlation + RegressionBCK — Communication
    8Company Accounts — DebenturesCompanies Act (meetings)Index Numbers + Logical ReasoningBCK — Ethics + Current Affairs

    Solve 50 MCQs per paper per week. Start maintaining a wrong-answers notebook.

    Weeks 9–12 (Days 57–84) — Mock Test Phase

  • 2 full-length mocks per week. — Mondays + Thursdays.
  • After each mock: 4-hour review, add to wrong-answers notebook.
  • Revise the notebook on Wednesday and Sunday.
  • Days 85–90 — Final Revision

  • Day 85: Paper 1 chapter summaries + formulas
  • Day 86: Paper 2 sections + case laws
  • Day 87: Paper 3 formula sheet + practice
  • Day 88: Paper 4 + current affairs last 6 months
  • Day 89: Cheatsheets only. No new topic. Early sleep.
  • Day 90 (exam eve): Light review. Pack bag. Sleep by 10:30 pm.
  • Ground rules

  • No social media during study hours. Phone in another room.
  • One full day off per 2 weeks — essential for recovery.
  • Drink water. Sleep 7 hours. Walk 20 minutes daily.
  • Follow this to the letter and you will enter the exam hall prepared. 80% of students never build a plan this specific — which is precisely why 80% of them don't clear.

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