Gold Rate Today in Delhi

The 22 karat, or 916, gold rate in Delhi today is the live per gram and per 10 gram price shown at the top of this page, refreshed every business day against MCX and IBJA benchmarks. 916 refers to 91.6 percent purity, the standard grade for traditional jewellery sold across Delhi and the NCR. This is a bullion reference rate for the metal alone and excludes making charges and GST, so a finished piece bills higher than the figure shown.

The 24 karat gold rate in Delhi today is the live per gram price shown at the top of this page, updated every business day from MCX and IBJA data. At 99.9 percent purity, 24 karat gold is used for coins and bars rather than jewellery, since pure gold is too soft to hold a setting or a clasp. Every other karat rate on this page is derived from it.

The published rate covers gold value only. A jewellery bill adds making charges, which in Delhi typically run from 8 percent to 25 percent, GST at 3 percent, and a hallmarking fee per piece. At standard making charges, expect a final bill roughly 15 to 20 percent above the bullion value of the same metal.

No. The rates on this page are pre tax bullion reference rates. GST at 3 percent is applied at billing, in most retail invoices on the combined value of gold and making charges.

Making charges cover the cost of turning metal into a finished piece, billed either as a percentage of gold value or as a fixed amount per gram. In Delhi they typically range from around 8 percent for machine made items to 25 percent or more for handcrafted bridal work. They are the most negotiable line on any jewellery invoice.

Look for three marks on the piece: the BIS logo, a purity grade of 916, 750 or 585, and a six character HUID. Enter the HUID in the BIS CARE app to confirm the registered jeweller and the certified purity. Gold sold as new retail stock without a HUID should not be purchased.

Buy 22 karat for plain gold pieces where gold content is the point, such as chains, bangles and traditional bridal sets. Buy 18 karat or 14 karat for diamond and gemstone jewellery, where the alloy needs to be hard enough to hold stones securely through daily wear.

Not usually. Delhi is landlocked, so metal arrives inland rather than through a port, and the city has historically printed marginally above the western port markets. The gap is small, commonly a hundred to a few hundred rupees per 10 grams, and it is far smaller than the variation in making charges between two jewellers in the same market.

Rates across Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Faridabad closely track Delhi, because the whole NCR prices off the same north Indian wholesale market. Small differences arise from individual jeweller premiums and any applicable state level levies, but they are marginal compared with the variation in making charges between shops.

Kucha Mahajani in Chandni Chowk is the wholesale bullion hub for north India, and the neighbouring lane of Dariba Kalan has traded in jewels since the 17th century. For retail buying, Karol Bagh is the largest concentrated jewellery belt, with South Extension, Greater Kailash and Lajpat Nagar serving the contemporary and diamond segment.

If the purchase is tied to a wedding or a festival, the date is fixed and rate timing is secondary. If it is discretionary, the monsoon months of June to August are the quietest period in Delhi, with the narrowest dealer premiums, the best artisan availability for custom work and the most attentive service. Nobody can reliably predict short term rate movement.

Get the pieces assayed at a BIS recognised centre first so you negotiate from a measured purity, then take quotes from more than one buyer. Options include the original jeweller if buyback terms were published, organised buyback chains, bullion dealers around Kucha Mahajani, and brand exchange programmes. If you intend to buy new jewellery anyway, exchange almost always beats an outright sale.

Yes. Lucira's Old Gold Exchange credits 105 percent of prevailing value against a new purchase, with valuation carried out at the counter. Bring your pieces to our Lajpat Nagar or Paschim Vihar experience centre in Delhi, or to Wave One Courtyard, Sector 18, Noida. Lucira pieces are also covered by a 100 percent lifetime exchange programme.

Yes. Lab grown diamonds are chemically, physically and optically identical to mined diamonds and are graded on the same scale by the same laboratories. They are not simulants such as cubic zirconia or moissanite, which are entirely different materials. The distinction should be stated explicitly on both the certificate and the invoice. Lucira's lab grown diamonds carry IGI or SGL certification.

Yes. Lucira has two experience centres inside Delhi, at Lajpat Nagar in the south east and Paschim Vihar in the west, plus a third serving the wider NCR at Wave One Courtyard, Sector 18, Noida. You can check the live rate, see pieces in person and have existing gold valued at the counter at any of them. Online ordering with certified pieces and a 15 day money back window is available across the NCR.