Gold Rate Today in Andhra Pradesh – 7 Nov 2026, 7 AM IST

The figures in the live table are bullion reference rates for Andhra Pradesh, quoted per gram across 24 karat gold at 99.9 percent purity, 22 karat at 91.6 percent, 18 karat at 75 percent and 14 karat at 58.5 percent, refreshed every business day against MCX and IBJA benchmarks.

Andhra Pradesh carries one of the deepest cultural relationships with gold of any Indian state, anchored by two very different markets. Vijayawada, the state's commercial heart on the Krishna river, is home to a large, established trading community and a jewellery trade renowned for fine temple-style craftsmanship, centred around MG Road. And Tirumala, home to the Sri Venkateswara Temple, holds more gold than almost any religious institution on earth, a reported 9,259 kilograms deposited across bank gold schemes and its own treasury, funded by devotee hundi offerings that make gold donation a genuinely living local tradition rather than a historical footnote. This page covers today's rate, how it is set, city-wise rates across the state, purity and hallmark verification, making charges with a worked bill example, where to buy and sell, the buying calendar, taxation and a detailed FAQ.

The weight table converts today's per gram rate into the denominations Andhra Pradesh buyers transact in, from a single gram through 10 grams, 50 grams, 100 grams and a kilogram, at each of the four common purities.

Units used across the state

Andhra Pradesh quotes per gram and per 10 grams for modern retail, but the traditional trade unit across the state, alongside neighbouring Telangana, is the savaran, also called sovereign, at 8 grams. A buyer discussing a 1 savaran or 2 savaran purchase is discussing 8 grams or 16 grams, not the 10 gram tola used across North India, so it is worth confirming which unit a quoted price refers to, particularly when comparing a Vijayawada quote against a North Indian one.

International markets quote the troy ounce, at 31.1035 grams, the unit gold is actually traded in before it is converted into rupee and gram terms for the Indian retail market.

The one kilogram bar is the standard wholesale trading unit. A retail buyer will rarely transact at that size, but it remains the unit large temple gold deposits, such as those held by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, are measured and reported in.

A single day's rate tells you very little. The last ten sessions tell you whether today's print sits at the top of a run, at the bottom of a pullback, or in the middle of a flat stretch.

Read three things from the ten day table. The net movement from the earliest session to today. The high and the low, which give the trading range. And whether daily changes are small and steady or large and alternating. A tight range usually means the market is waiting on something; a widening range normally follows a macro event such as a US inflation print, a central bank decision or a sharp rupee move.

For a wedding purchase this matters less than it appears, since the date is fixed well in advance. For a coin or bar purchase with no deadline, or for a household planning a hundi offering at Tirumala, the ten day range is the cheapest timing information available.

The trend table sets today's Andhra Pradesh rate against its opening and closing values over seven days, 30 days, three months, six months, the year to date and 12 months.

What each window tells you

The seven and 30 day windows capture sentiment: short term positioning, fund flows and reaction to news. The three and six month windows capture the macro cycle, principally the direction of real interest rates and the strength of the dollar. The 12 month and year to date windows capture the structural story, chiefly sustained central bank accumulation alongside steady retail demand across Asia.

Longer windows are more reliable and less actionable. A 12 month gain confirms the asset did its job in a portfolio. It says nothing useful about next week's rate.

Andhra Pradesh's trend line is also, in a small way, a national one: the sheer scale of temple gold deposits held by institutions like the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam means the state's religious institutions are themselves meaningful participants in India's gold economy, occasionally making national news when large deposits mature or are transported.

The rate follows the same five step national chain as every state, with local pricing set through the state's own commercial hub.

Step one: the international benchmark

Gold trades continuously in US dollars per troy ounce, anchored by the London Bullion Market Association price and COMEX futures.

Step two: the rupee conversion

The dollar price converts at the prevailing USD to INR rate.

Step three: duty and levies

Basic customs duty and the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess apply to landed value nationally.

Step four: the domestic benchmark

MCX and the India Bullion and Jewellers Association, headquartered in Mumbai, produce the reference figures the national trade prices from. Vijayawada's jewellers and bullion traders price against that benchmark, and their published rate is what most of the rest of Andhra Pradesh, in turn, prices against.

Step five: why the state's rate sits where it does

Andhra Pradesh is not a bullion import point, so its base rate typically runs a modest margin above Mumbai's. Within the state, the spread between Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Guntur is narrow, since all price off the same effective benchmark and compete for a shared, gold-conscious customer base.

Seven forces account for almost all daily movement. The first four are global, the last three domestic.

Real interest rates. Gold pays no income, so it competes with interest bearing assets. When inflation adjusted yields fall, gold tends to rise. This is the single most reliable driver.

The US dollar. Gold is priced in dollars, so a stronger dollar generally pushes the international price down and a weaker dollar lifts it.

Central bank demand. Reserve buying has been large and persistent in recent years.

Geopolitical and financial stress. Conflict, banking stress and sovereign risk push capital toward assets with no counterparty.

The rupee. A weaker rupee raises the Andhra Pradesh rate independent of any move in international gold.

Seasonal and religious demand. Ugadi, the Telugu new year, Akshaya Tritiya, Dasara and Dhanteras concentrate retail buying, while devotee hundi offerings at Tirumala run at genuinely large scale year round, making religious gold demand in this state less seasonally concentrated than in most others.

Policy. Import duty revisions and GST decisions produce one off steps in the retail price with no connection to the international market.

Every major market in Andhra Pradesh prices closely off the Vijayawada benchmark, so the differences between cities are small and come from local jeweller premiums and each city's own trading character rather than the underlying rate.

• Gold rate in Vijayawada | the state's commercial and gold trading hub, centred on MG Road, renowned for fine temple-style craftsmanship
• Gold rate in Visakhapatnam | the state's largest city and a major port, with a growing organised retail jewellery trade
• Gold rate in Tirupati | home to the Sri Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala, the world's richest temple by gold holdings, where devotee gold donation is a living daily tradition
• Gold rate in Guntur | a major agricultural trading centre with a correspondingly strong local jewellery trade
• Gold rate in Kakinada | a coastal Andhra port town with an established local jewellery market
• Gold rate in Nellore | southern Andhra's key trading centre, close to Tirupati

Rates for Rajahmundry, Kadapa, Anantapur, Eluru and the rest of the state track the same benchmark. If a quote in any Andhra Pradesh city differs by more than a small handling margin, that difference is the jeweller's own premium, and it is negotiable.

916 is another way of writing 22 karat. It refers to 91.6 percent pure gold, with the remaining 8.4 percent made up of alloy metals that give the piece strength. On 18 karat the equivalent grade is 750, and on 14 karat it is 585.

916 carries the great majority of jewellery sold across Andhra Pradesh, from the temple-style antique and Nagas patterns Vijayawada's craftsmen are known for to the polki and kundan bridal sets popular statewide. The number is not marketing language. It is the purity grade stamped by a BIS recognised assaying and hallmarking centre, and it appears alongside the BIS logo and a six character HUID.

When you check the 916 gold rate in Andhra Pradesh today, you are looking at this exact purity, not the 999 rate used for coins and bars, temple hundi collections, and the gold deposit schemes institutions such as the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam use for their treasury holdings. When you resell or exchange, the 916 grade determines the gold value you are credited.

The rate on this page is the metal price. What you pay at the counter adds two things: making charges, and GST at 3 percent on the total of metal plus making.

What making charges run in Andhra Pradesh

• Plain chains and machine-made pieces | roughly 8 to 12 percent
• Handcrafted temple-style, antique and bridal work | roughly 14 to 22 percent, reflecting the genuine craft depth of Vijayawada's goldsmiths
• Premium showroom pieces | 18 percent and above

A worked example

Take a 1 savaran, 8 gram, 22 karat piece with 14 percent making. Metal value is 8 grams at today's 916 rate. Add 14 percent of that as making charges. Add 3 percent GST on the subtotal. The final bill is roughly 17.4 percent above the pure metal value.

Making charges are negotiable in Andhra Pradesh's independent trade, though less so on temple-style handcrafted work where the labour genuinely reflects specialist skill. Always ask for the making charge as a percentage in writing before comparing shops.

Every piece of gold jewellery sold in the notified districts of Andhra Pradesh must carry three marks. Check all three before you pay.

• The BIS logo | the triangular Bureau of Indian Standards mark
• The purity grade | 916 for 22 karat, 750 for 18 karat, 585 for 14 karat
• The HUID | a six character alphanumeric code unique to the piece

Verify the HUID in the BIS Care app: enter the code and the app returns the registered purity, the article type and the hallmarking centre. If the details do not match the piece in your hand, walk away. Andhra Pradesh has a dense network of BIS recognised assaying and hallmarking centres concentrated around Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, so there is no reason to accept an unhallmarked piece in any of the state's major markets.

Insist on the HUID printed on the invoice as well. It ties the bill to the piece, which matters for insurance, resale and any future dispute.

No state page on this site has a gold story quite like Andhra Pradesh's, because Tirumala is not just a pilgrimage site, it is one of the largest single holders of gold in the world.

The Sri Venkateswara Temple, managed by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, has reported holding 9,259 kilograms of gold, the great majority of it deposited with public sector banks under long term gold deposit schemes and the remainder held as mixed jewellery in its own treasury. This gold accumulates almost entirely through devotee offerings placed in the temple's hundi, the donation box, a tradition that operates continuously, not just around festivals, making Tirumala's gold inflows genuinely different in character from retail seasonal demand anywhere else in the state.

This matters to an ordinary buyer for two reasons. First, it reflects just how deeply embedded gold is in Andhra and Telugu religious and cultural life, a context that shapes demand patterns statewide, not only in Tirupati. Second, when TTD's bank-held gold matures or moves, as happened when a shipment drew national attention after being examined during a state election, it is genuinely newsworthy: a reminder that temple gold and market gold, while priced by the same benchmark, sit in different institutional worlds. For a household buyer, the practical takeaway is simpler: whether the occasion is a hundi offering or a wedding purchase, the same principles apply, verified hallmark, transparent making charges and a proper invoice.

Andhra Pradesh offers a deep, well-established jewellery trade across several genuine regional hubs.

The traditional markets

• MG Road, Vijayawada | the state's principal gold market, strong in both traditional temple-style and contemporary design
• Visakhapatnam's Jagadamba Centre area | the coastal region's main organised retail cluster
• Tirupati's jewellery trade | serving both pilgrims and residents, with genuine expertise in the temple and antique styles associated with the region
• Guntur | a strong secondary market serving the state's agricultural trading belt

What to check wherever you buy

• BIS hallmark with HUID on every piece
• The day's rate displayed and the making charge quoted as a percentage in writing
• A proper GST invoice carrying weight, purity, rate, making and HUID
• The buyback and exchange policy in writing before the sale, not after

Certified online retail adds transparent per-piece pricing, certification and doorstep insurance-backed delivery, and for lab grown diamond jewellery set in hallmarked gold it is often the most price-efficient route across the state.

You have three honest routes and one to avoid.

Exchange at a jeweller. The most common route for upgrading old jewellery. Hallmarked pieces are credited at the day's rate for their stamped purity; unhallmarked pieces are melted or assayed first, and the deduction for that is where the negotiation happens.

Sale to the jeweller who sold it. If the piece carries the original invoice and HUID, most established Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam jewellers publish a buyback policy. Bring both documents.

Organised gold buying companies. Present across the state's major cities, useful when you want cash rather than an exchange. Compare the offered rate against the day's published rate before agreeing.

Avoid unlicensed street buyers, whatever rate they promise. Weighing and purity testing you cannot observe is where sellers lose money, and once melted there is no recourse.

Gold buying in Andhra Pradesh follows the Telugu festive calendar, layered with the state's distinct religious-offering tradition.

• Ugadi | the Telugu new year, a traditional gold buying occasion across the state
• Akshaya Tritiya | the biggest single gold buying day nationally, strongly observed in Andhra Pradesh
• Dasara and Dhanteras | major festive buying peaks, alongside Diwali
• Wedding season | roughly November to February and again around April to June, when bridal sets dominate purchases
• Temple hundi offerings | unlike retail buying, gold offerings at Tirumala and other major temples run continuously through the year rather than concentrating around any single festival

Two practical notes. Festive days concentrate demand, so premiums and making charge discounts both move; the headline rate does not become cheaper because the day is auspicious. And for a wedding purchase, buying the metal in instalments across the preceding months converts an impossible timing decision into a simple averaging plan.

Taxes on gold are set nationally, so nothing here is specific to Andhra Pradesh, but three layers matter to every buyer in the state.

At purchase. GST at 3 percent applies on the value of the metal plus making charges. On imported metal, customs duty and cess are already inside the quoted rate before GST is added.

At sale. Profit on physical gold held over the qualifying period is taxed as long term capital gains; shorter holdings are taxed at your slab rate. The invoice from your original purchase establishes the cost basis, which is one more reason to keep it.

Large cash purchases. PAN is mandatory above the prescribed transaction threshold, and jewellers report high value cash transactions. Paying digitally with a proper invoice is both cleaner and safer.

None of this is tax advice; thresholds and rates change with the Finance Act. For a large transaction, confirm the current rules with a chartered accountant before you buy or sell.

Gold is a store of value with no counterparty, which is why Indian households hold more of it than any other population on earth, and why an institution like Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam treats its gold holdings as a genuine, actively managed treasury asset rather than a static hoard. That does not make gold riskless for an individual. The rupee price swings, sometimes sharply, and long flat stretches have followed every major rally.

What gold does reliably is diversify. It tends to hold or gain value precisely when financial assets are under stress, which is the moment diversification is worth having. Most advisers land somewhere between 5 and 15 percent of a portfolio in gold, held for years rather than traded.

The form matters as much as the timing. Coins and bars carry minimal making cost and recover the most value on exit. Jewellery carries making charges you do not recover, so it is part ornament and part investment, and honest arithmetic treats it that way. Paper routes, gold ETFs and mutual funds, remove storage risk entirely and suit buyers whose objective is purely financial.

For most Andhra Pradesh households the practical answer is a mix: ornament gold bought for occasions and worn, and investment gold bought as coins, bars or paper, each judged by its own rules.

Vijayawada's gold trade runs through MG Road and Besant Road, home to established names alongside branded showrooms, with the city's rapid growth, ranked among the world's fastest growing by Oxford Economics, supporting genuine purchasing power behind its jewellery trade.

Andhra Pradesh's gold jewellery carries a distinctive temple style tradition, with intricate, heavily detailed craftsmanship associated with the state's temple towns finding its way into everyday bridal and festival jewellery sold across Vijayawada's showrooms.

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh's largest city and a major port, carries a substantial gold retail trade, home to established chains such as Vaibhav Jewellers, which has expanded to 17 showrooms across the state.

Guntur, a major agricultural trading centre, carries its own established gold retail base, with demand tracking the local farming season alongside the standard festival calendar.

Akshaya Tritiya creates the sharpest single day demand spike in Andhra Pradesh's gold calendar, considered universally auspicious for new gold purchases, with coin and small ornament sales rising sharply across Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam in the days surrounding it.

Jewellers across the state typically stock their widest range of affordable gold coins and pendants in the weeks before Akshaya Tritiya, since first time and smaller value buyers make up a significant share of the day's volume.

Gold bridal sets remain the centrepiece of Telugu wedding tradition, with the bottu, a gold pendant on a yellow thread, tied around the bride's neck as the defining moment of the marriage ceremony, a piece every Telugu bride wears regardless of family income.

This structural demand, running from November through March, gives Andhra Pradesh's gold retail a resilience that purely discretionary jewellery buying lacks, since the bottu and accompanying bridal set are considered essential rather than optional.

Andhra Pradesh has a network of BIS recognised Assaying and Hallmarking Centres serving Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Guntur and Tirupati, testing and hallmarking gold jewellery under the mandatory rules in force since June 2021.

Buyer diligence still matters, since BIS has received complaints of illegal or unlicensed hallmarking operations in Vijayawada in the past, underscoring the value of buying from an established, genuinely BIS registered jeweller.

Gold in India traded around 26,000 to 29,000 rupees per 10 grams in 2015 and 2016 for 24 karat purity, crossed 50,000 rupees per 10 grams in 2020, and reached around 62,000 to 65,000 rupees per 10 grams by 2023.

Gold's rise accelerated through 2024 and 2025, crossing 1,00,000 rupees per 10 grams during 2025. Andhra Pradesh's local rates, priced off the national IBJA benchmark, have tracked this national curve throughout.

Gold demand is driven overwhelmingly by investment and central bank reserves rather than industrial use. Central banks worldwide, including the Reserve Bank of India, have been consistent net buyers in recent years.

India remains one of the world's largest gold consumers and imports the large majority of its requirement, making national import duty and policy a genuine influence on domestic prices, including in Andhra Pradesh.

The practical approach for most buyers is to purchase against genuine need and timeline rather than trying to time the market.

Gold is generally less volatile than silver day to day, since it lacks silver's industrial demand component. Both metals have delivered strong returns over the last decade.

Equity markets have historically delivered higher long run returns than precious metals, but with far more volatility. Debt instruments give predictable, lower returns with minimal price risk.

In Andhra Pradesh, gold's role in a household's savings is usually as a stable, culturally central holding tied to weddings and temple tradition, not a replacement for equity or debt.

Physical gold from an Andhra Pradesh jeweller gives you something to hold, gift or wear, but attracts 3 percent GST, requires safe storage, and jewellery carries making charges not recovered on resale.

Gold ETFs let you hold gold electronically without storage or GST, through a regular demat account. The Sovereign Gold Bond scheme was discontinued for new issuance, so ETFs and physical metal remain the two main routes going forward.

Both physical gold and gold ETFs are taxed the same way, at 12.5 percent on long term capital gains without indexation for holdings over 12 months.

India imports the large majority of the gold it consumes, cleared through customs before reaching refiners and jewellers in states like Andhra Pradesh.

Import duty on gold has been adjusted more than once in recent years. Gold has almost no industrial demand nationally, and Andhra Pradesh's economy adds none of its own, so the state's gold trade is driven entirely by retail jewellery, investment and temple economy demand.

• 24 karat gold: 99.9 percent pure, used for coins and bars
• 22 karat or 916 gold: 91.6 percent pure, the traditional Indian jewellery standard
• Bangaram: the Telugu word for gold, commonly used in local searches
• Bottu: the gold pendant tied around a Telugu bride's neck at her wedding
• Pavan: a traditional South Indian gold weight unit equal to 8 grams
• Making charges: the fee a jeweller adds for crafting a piece
• HUID: the unique six digit hallmark identification number
• IBJA: the India Bullion and Jewellers Association, source of the national reference rate

Vijayawada's gold trade grew alongside the city's rise as a commercial hub on the Krishna River, while Tirumala's temple gold economy has accumulated over centuries through uninterrupted devotee offerings, making Andhra Pradesh's gold history unusually intertwined with religious practice.

This dual character, commercial trade in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam alongside devotional gold at Tirumala, gives Andhra Pradesh's gold market a depth and cultural weight distinct from purely commercial markets elsewhere in India.

Nationally, rising gold prices through 2024, 2025 and 2026 have made buyers more price sensitive, and this national pattern is a reasonable guide to Andhra Pradesh's own retail trade.

What has held up is the structural demand created by Telugu wedding tradition and temple offerings, since the bottu ceremony continues regardless of price, alongside strong Akshaya Tritiya buying.

Gold and property serve fundamentally different purposes. Property in Vijayawada, one of the world's fastest growing cities by Oxford Economics' ranking, requires a large upfront commitment and is illiquid. Gold can be bought and sold in small increments and converted to cash within minutes.

Most Andhra households do not choose between the two. Property tends to serve as a long term family asset, while gold serves as a portable, liquid store of wealth for weddings, temple offerings and emergencies alike.

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Every Lucira piece is priced against the live daily rate shown on this page, with making charges and certification costs shown separately.

A proper invoice from an Andhra Pradesh jeweller should show the net gold weight in grams, the karat purity, the rate applied per gram that day, the making charge, and GST at 3 percent applied on the metal plus making charge combined.

If a piece carries stones, the invoice should state the net gold weight separately from the gross weight. A hallmarked piece should also show the HUID number, verifiable through the BIS CARE app.

• A quoted rate below the day's published benchmark, which usually means lower purity than claimed
• Gross weight billed as if it were net gold weight on stone set pieces
• Making charges quoted verbally but not itemised on the final bill
• Pressure to buy quickly during Akshaya Tritiya or wedding season without comparing shops

Always confirm the current BIS hallmark and HUID independently through the BIS CARE app rather than taking a seller's word for it.

Gold does not tarnish, but secure storage still matters given its value density. A bank locker remains the most secure option for larger holdings of coins, bars or jewellery.

A home safe is a reasonable middle ground for smaller quantities. Keep your original purchase invoice with your stored gold, since it establishes purity, weight and cost basis if you need to sell or claim insurance later.

Many jewellers across Andhra Pradesh, particularly established shops in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, offer monthly instalment schemes where you deposit a fixed amount each month for around 11 months, with a bonus instalment added at the end, redeemable against gold jewellery.

Before joining one, confirm in writing whether redemption is locked at deposit day rates or redemption day rates, and check whether the bonus is forfeited if you exit early.

There is no legal ceiling on gold ownership in India. CBDT safe harbour limits allow a married woman up to 500 grams, an unmarried woman up to 250 grams, and a man up to 100 grams without seizure during a tax search, even without documentation.

Cash payments for a single gold purchase above the prescribed threshold require your PAN card, and payments above two lakh rupees in cash for a single transaction are not permitted regardless of PAN.

MG Road in Vijayawada remains the single most important reference point for gold pricing anywhere in Andhra Pradesh, and jewellers across the state, whether in Visakhapatnam, Guntur or Tirupati, price their day against it each morning.

For any significant purchase, comparing making charges across at least two markets, typically Vijayawada against your own city's established jeweller, is a reasonable and common practice.

24 karat gold is 99.9 percent pure and used for investment coins and bars, bought around Akshaya Tritiya as a savings instrument rather than for wearing.

22 karat, or 916 gold, 91.6 percent pure, remains the default for bridal and temple style jewellery across Andhra Pradesh. 18 karat and 14 karat appear mainly in diamond set and western style pieces increasingly available in Vijayawada's branded showrooms.

The Sri Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala holds a reported 9,259 kilograms of gold, funded through continuous devotee hundi offerings over generations, making it one of the largest religious gold holdings anywhere in the world.

This gold has periodically been deposited with public sector banks under gold monetisation style arrangements, earning interest income for the temple trust while remaining under its ownership, an approach that has drawn national attention as a model for large scale temple gold management.

Tirupati's gold retail trade serves a genuinely different customer base from Vijayawada or Visakhapatnam, with a large share of purchases made by visiting pilgrims buying small, giftable pieces such as pendants and coins bearing temple motifs, alongside local residents buying for weddings and investment.

This pilgrim driven demand gives Tirupati's jewellers a steady, less seasonal customer flow than pure festival driven markets elsewhere in the state, since pilgrimage to Tirumala continues year round.

• Jewellery from a Vijayawada or Visakhapatnam jeweller: wearable and giftable, but making charges reduce resale value
• 24 karat coins and bars: lowest making cost, best for pure savings
• Gold ETFs: no storage or GST, held in a demat account
• Digital gold apps: bought and stored online in small amounts

Most Andhra Pradesh households use a mix, ceremonial and bridal jewellery for cultural occasions, and coins, bars or ETFs for pure savings.

Gold retail in Andhra Pradesh sits inside a jewellery economy shaped as much by devotion as by commerce. Vijayawada's commercial gold trade, Visakhapatnam's established retail chains, Tirupati's pilgrim economy and Tirumala's temple gold holdings together make the state's gold market one of the most culturally distinctive in India.

This distinctiveness gives Andhra Pradesh's gold trade a resilience that purely investment driven markets lack, since wedding and religious demand continues through every price cycle.

Under the rules applicable for financial year 2025 to 2026, profit on physical gold or gold ETFs held for more than 12 months is taxed as long term capital gains at 12.5 percent without indexation. Holdings sold within 12 months are taxed at your income tax slab rate.

Your gain is calculated as the sale price minus your original purchase cost, including making charges, which is why keeping your original invoice matters. Confirm current rules with a chartered accountant before a large sale.