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Gold Price Calculator India
The gold price calculator estimates jewellery value in India using weight, purity, live market rate entered by the user, making charges, and GST. Enter grams or tola, choose 24K, 22K, 18K, or 14K, and add making charge percentage to calculate pure gold value, making charges, GST on gold and making, and total jewellery price. It is useful before visiting jewellers or comparing BIS-hallmarked quotes.
How to use
- Enter jewellery weight in grams or tola.
- Choose purity based on hallmark or jeweller quote.
- Enter current 24K gold price per gram manually.
- Add making charge percentage quoted by the jeweller.
- Calculate gold value, making charge, GST, and total price before purchase.
Formula
Making charge = gold value × making %
GST = 3% on gold value + 5% on making charge
Indian jewellery is usually sold in 22K or 18K purity, not pure 24K, because pure gold is soft. The calculator treats the entered rate as a 24K per-gram reference and multiplies it by the purity factor. For 22K 916 gold, the factor is 0.916. Making charges are then applied as a percentage of the gold value. GST is estimated at 3% on gold value and 5% on making charges as commonly applied to jewellery invoices.
Actual bills can differ because jewellers use their own daily board rate, wastage, fixed making charges per gram, stone charges, hallmarking charges, discounts, exchange deductions, and rounding. For studded jewellery, only gold weight should be used for metal value; stones and diamonds should be valued separately. Always ask for a breakup showing net weight, purity, rate, making, GST, and hallmark details.
Worked example
For 10 grams of 22K gold at a 24K rate of ₹7,200 per gram, gold value is ₹65,952.
At 15% making charge, making is ₹9,892.80. GST is 3% on gold plus 5% on making.
Total jewellery price is about ₹78,318 before rounding.
Gold purity and fineness
| Karat | Purity | Fineness mark |
|---|---|---|
| 24K | 99.9% | 999 |
| 23K | 95.8% | 958 |
| 22K | 91.6% | 916 |
| 21K | 87.5% | 875 |
| 20K | 83.3% | 833 |
| 18K | 75.0% | 750 |
| 14K | 58.3% | 585 |
| 9K | 37.5% | 375 |
Weight conversions
| Unit | Equivalent |
|---|---|
| 1 tola | 11.664 grams |
| 1 sovereign | 8 grams |
| 1 ounce | 31.1035 grams |
| 10 grams | 0.857 tola |
| 100 grams | 8.573 tola |
| 1 kilogram | 1,000 grams |
| 1 gram | 1,000 milligrams |
| 1 carat for gemstones | 0.2 grams, not gold purity |
BIS hallmarking
BIS hallmarking helps buyers verify purity. A 916 hallmark means 22K gold with 91.6% gold content. Check the HUID, jeweller identification, purity mark, and invoice details. Hallmarking does not control making charges, so price comparison is still necessary.
Using this result in India
This Gold Price Calculator India is designed as a planning and audit tool, not as a substitute for the original Indian document that controls the transaction. For tax pages, that controlling document may be the Income-tax Act, Finance Act, Form 16, Form 26AS, AIS, challan, or employer declaration. For loan and investment pages, it may be the bank sanction letter, mutual fund scheme document, policy statement, EPFO passbook, NPS statement, or small-savings notification. For state-level pages, it may be a state transport, registration, electricity, or revenue department order. Use the calculator to understand scale, direction, and line-item logic before you rely on the official document.
Indian financial decisions are sensitive to timing. A rate that is correct for FY 2024-25 may not be correct for FY 2025-26. A monthly salary figure may not include bonus, arrears, reimbursements, or employer contributions. A property or vehicle quote may include charges that are negotiable, optional, or state-specific. A bank rate may be floating and linked to an external benchmark. Re-run the calculator when any input changes, and compare at least three scenarios: conservative, expected, and high-cost or low-return.
When the output is a large rupee amount, read it in both exact Indian notation and practical language. ₹10,00,000 is 10 lakhs, ₹1,00,00,000 is 1 crore, and small percentage changes can move the result by many lakhs on long tenures or high-value purchases. Keep screenshots or downloaded statements from the official portal, preserve invoices and receipts, and reconcile calculator output with the final bill, return, or statement before making a payment, filing a return, or signing a contract.
If you share the result with a family member, accountant, lender, employer, dealer, or broker, share the inputs too. Most disagreements come from different assumptions, not from the arithmetic.
FAQ
What is 916 gold?
916 gold means 22K gold with about 91.6% pure gold content.
What is the difference between 22K and 24K gold?
24K is nearly pure gold, while 22K contains alloy metals for strength and is common for jewellery.
How is gold purity measured?
Purity is measured in karats or fineness, such as 999 for 24K and 916 for 22K.
What is BIS hallmark?
BIS hallmark is a certification mark indicating tested purity and traceability details.
Why does jewellery have making charges?
Making charges cover design, labour, wastage, craftsmanship, and retailer margin.
Important notes for India
- Static websites cannot fetch live gold rates; enter today’s rate manually before calculating.
- Ask whether making charge is percentage-based or fixed per gram.
- GST treatment can differ for exchange, repair, stones, and old-gold purchase cases.
- BIS hallmark and invoice breakup are essential for resale and purity confidence.