Gold Rate Today in Arunachal Pradesh – 7 Nov 2026, 8 AM IST

The figures in the live table are bullion reference rates for Arunachal 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.

Arunachal Pradesh has no bullion trade or gold refining of its own. Gold sold in Itanagar, the state capital and its principal retail centre, is supplied almost entirely via Guwahati, the nearest major commercial hub and the traditional gateway into the state for both goods and organised retail. Tanishq's Itanagar store, its eleventh in the North East, opened relatively recently, a marker of how new large-scale organised jewellery retail is here.

Gold demand in Arunachal Pradesh also sits alongside a genuinely distinct local tradition: many of the state's tribal communities, including the Nyishi, the state's largest tribal group, have historically favoured silver and beadwork over gold as everyday and ceremonial ornamentation, meaning gold's role here has grown more through modern retail and wedding culture than through any long local goldsmithing tradition. This page covers today's rate, how it is set, 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 common denominations, from a single gram through 10 grams, 50 grams, 100 grams and a kilogram, at each of the four common purities.

Units used in Arunachal Pradesh

Because the state's jewellery trade is supplied through Guwahati, Assam's traditional units carry over into local retail: the gram and 10 gram denomination for modern purchases, alongside the bhori, 11.6638 grams, still referenced by some older buyers and independent jewellers with roots in the Assam trade. A buyer discussing a 1 bhori purchase is discussing roughly 11.66 grams, not the 10 gram tola common in North India.

International markets quote the troy ounce, at 31.1035 grams, converted into rupee and gram terms well before any gold reaches Itanagar.

There is no local wholesale kilogram bar trade in Arunachal Pradesh. Buyers wanting bullion at that scale would source it from Guwahati.

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.

In Arunachal Pradesh, this series tracks the Guwahati benchmark closely, since that is the effective supply source, with the local retail price typically running a fixed transport premium above it rather than moving independently.

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, the ten day range is the cheapest timing information available.

Unlike larger mainland states with multiple competing gold markets, Arunachal Pradesh's retail trade is concentrated almost entirely in Itanagar, so there is no meaningful city wise rate comparison to make within the state.

The base bullion rate matches the national IBJA benchmark exactly. The genuine local variation comes from individual jewellers' making charges and the freight premium on Guwahati sourced stock.

The trend table sets today's 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.

Because Arunachal Pradesh has no bullion market of its own, this trend line is effectively the Guwahati trend plus a stable transport premium, with no distinct local demand pattern of its own beyond the wedding and festive calendar.

The rate follows the same national chain as everywhere in India, with one additional local step.

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 regional benchmark

MCX and the India Bullion and Jewellers Association, headquartered in Mumbai, produce the reference figures the national trade prices from. For Arunachal Pradesh, the relevant local reference is the Guwahati bullion market, the North East's principal trading hub and the source of most gold retailed in Itanagar.

Step five: the transport premium

On top of the Guwahati rate, Itanagar jewellers add a modest, fairly stable premium covering road transport, the working capital cost of holding stock, and the smaller scale of the local market compared to Guwahati itself.

Seven forces account for almost all movement, arriving in Arunachal Pradesh via the Guwahati market.

Real interest rates. Gold pays no income, so it competes with interest bearing assets. When inflation adjusted yields fall, gold tends to rise.

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 Guwahati rate, which flows through to Itanagar unchanged in structure.

Seasonal demand. Losar and other tribal and Buddhist festivals observed in parts of the state, alongside the national wedding season and Akshaya Tritiya, concentrate local buying, though the underlying rate itself does not move for local reasons.

Policy and logistics. Import duty revisions produce one off national steps. Locally, road conditions during the monsoon can affect stock movement between Guwahati and Itanagar even when the rate itself is unchanged.

Arunachal Pradesh's organised gold trade is concentrated in a small number of towns, all supplied through the same Guwahati route.

• Gold rate in Itanagar | the state capital and its principal retail centre, home to the state's first major branded jewellery store

Outside Itanagar, organised jewellery retail across the state's other towns remains limited, and many residents in more remote districts travel to Itanagar or Guwahati for significant purchases, or buy from certified online retailers who ship directly, which is often the more practical route for households far from either city.

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 gold jewellery sold in Itanagar, largely wedding and modern retail pieces reflecting the design language of the Guwahati market that supplies the state. 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 Arunachal Pradesh today, you are looking at this exact purity, not the 999 rate used for coins and bars. When you resell or exchange, the 916 grade determines the gold value you are credited. A verified hallmark negotiates from a known purity, which matters more here given how few competing jewellers exist to cross-check a quote against.

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 Arunachal Pradesh

• Plain chains and machine-made pieces | roughly 10 to 14 percent, slightly above the Guwahati rate given transport and a smaller local market
• Handcrafted traditional and bridal work | roughly 14 to 20 percent
• Branded retail such as Tanishq | published, non-negotiable making charges

A worked example

Take a 10 gram 22 karat chain with 12 percent making. Metal value is 10 grams at today's 916 rate. Add 12 percent of that as making charges. Add 3 percent GST on the subtotal. The final bill is roughly 15.4 percent above the pure metal value.

With fewer jewellers to compare against than in a mainland city, checking a quote against the Guwahati rate before buying in Itanagar is worthwhile, and always ask for the making charge as a percentage in writing.

Every piece of gold jewellery sold in the notified areas of the state 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. Arunachal Pradesh has no BIS recognised assaying and hallmarking centre of its own; pieces sold in Itanagar are hallmarked in Guwahati before reaching the state, making the HUID check the single most important protection a buyer here has.

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.

Understanding gold in Arunachal Pradesh means understanding what came before it. Across the state's tribal communities, including the Nyishi, the largest tribal group in the state, ornamentation has traditionally centred on silver, beadwork and materials drawn from the natural environment rather than gold, worn as part of distinct tribal dress for ceremonial and everyday occasions alike.

Why this matters for a gold buyer today

Gold's presence in Arunachal Pradesh has grown primarily through modern wedding culture, government and salaried employment, and organised retail arriving via Guwahati, rather than through any centuries-old local goldsmithing tradition of the kind found in states like Gujarat or Andhra Pradesh. Tanishq's Itanagar store, the brand's eleventh in the North East, is a recent and genuinely significant arrival precisely because it marks organised gold retail reaching a market where it has not historically been the dominant form of jewellery.

What this means practically

Design stock in Itanagar leans toward mainstream Indian wedding and daily-wear gold rather than any distinct regional gold style, since the design language is largely imported via Guwahati. For a buyer wanting traditional tribal silver alongside modern gold, these are typically two separate purchases from two different kinds of sellers, not one combined jewellery shopping trip, and it is worth knowing that distinction going in.

The state's organised gold retail is compact, concentrated mainly in Itanagar.

The local market

• Itanagar's independent jewellers | serving the capital's growing salaried and government-employee customer base
• Branded retail | Tanishq's Itanagar store, the brand's eleventh in the North East, brought published pricing and certified consistency to the state

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 is genuinely valuable here given the limited number of local jewellers to choose between: ordering hallmarked, certified pieces online with insured delivery often gives a wider design choice than what is physically in stock in Itanagar on any given day.

Options are narrower here than in a large mainland state, which makes it more important to get the basics right.

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

Sale to the jeweller who sold it. If the piece carries the original invoice and HUID, an established Itanagar jeweller or branded retailer will typically honour a published buyback policy.

Organised gold buying companies. Fewer are physically present in Itanagar than in Guwahati, so this route is less developed here.

Avoid unlicensed street buyers, whatever rate they promise, given how few independent checks are locally available.

Gold buying in Arunachal Pradesh follows the national festive calendar more closely than any single distinct local tradition, given how recently organised gold retail arrived in the state.

• Akshaya Tritiya | the biggest single gold buying day nationally, observed in Itanagar's organised retail too
• Dhanteras and Diwali | the national festive peak, when retail demand concentrates
• Wedding season | roughly November to February, when demand for modern gold jewellery and bridal sets rises

One state-specific note: road transport between Guwahati and Itanagar can slow during the monsoon months, roughly June to September. Planning a significant purchase with that supply calendar in mind, rather than assuming stock is always available, is genuinely useful advice here.

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

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. That does not make it riskless. 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, which is worth weighing in a market like Arunachal Pradesh's with fewer jewellers to reliably assay an intricate piece at resale. Jewellery carries making charges you do not recover, so it is part ornament and part investment. Paper routes, gold ETFs and mutual funds, remove storage risk entirely and suit buyers whose objective is purely financial.

For most households in the state the practical answer is a mix: modern gold bought for weddings and occasions, alongside traditional tribal silver kept as its own distinct category, and simple, easily verified investment gold, coins or small bars, bought as savings.

Gold hallmarking is mandatory across India, but Assaying and Hallmarking Centre density is thinner in frontier northeastern states like Arunachal Pradesh than in mainland India, meaning hallmarked jewellery sold in Itanagar is typically assayed in Guwahati or another regional centre before reaching the state.

For consumers, this makes buying from an established, BIS registered jeweller with a clear invoice and verifiable HUID particularly important, since a local retest option is less readily available than on the mainland.

Itanagar's jewellery shops carry mainstream gold sourced predominantly from Guwahati in neighbouring Assam, the region's principal bullion and jewellery hub. Unlike silver, gold plays a smaller role in Arunachal Pradesh's tribal ceremonial tradition, so the state's gold trade is more purely commercial than its distinctive silver craft market.

Beyond Itanagar, gold retail across the state's many smaller towns is limited, with most significant purchases made in the capital or during a trip to Guwahati.

Arunachal Pradesh has no local bullion trading market of its own. Gold sold in Itanagar is sourced from mainland refiners and Guwahati wholesalers, then transported in as finished jewellery, coins and bars.

This supply chain adds a modest freight related premium over the base MCX and IBJA rate, and for larger custom orders, some Itanagar jewellers work directly with Guwahati suppliers rather than holding extensive stock locally.

Nationally, rising gold prices through 2024, 2025 and 2026 have made buyers more price sensitive, a pattern that likely extends to Itanagar's retail trade given its dependence on mainland pricing.

Since gold in Arunachal Pradesh is bought mainly through discretionary and investment demand rather than fixed ceremonial tradition, it may be somewhat more price sensitive here than in mainland states with strong structural gold buying customs.

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. Arunachal Pradesh's rates, priced off the national IBJA benchmark, have tracked this national curve throughout, with the added freight cost of reaching Itanagar.

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 Arunachal Pradesh.

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 Arunachal Pradesh, gold's role in a household's savings is usually a smaller, purely financial holding, distinct from the culturally central silver pieces many families also hold.

Physical gold from an Itanagar 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, accessible from Arunachal Pradesh the same as anywhere in India. The Sovereign Gold Bond scheme was discontinued for new issuance.

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, including the small volumes shipped through Guwahati into Arunachal Pradesh.

Gold has almost no industrial demand nationally, and Arunachal Pradesh's economy adds none of its own, so the state's gold trade is driven entirely by retail jewellery and investment demand.

• 24 karat gold: 99.9 percent pure, used for coins and bars
• 22 karat or 916 gold: 91.6 percent pure, the standard for mainstream jewellery
• 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
• AHC: Assaying and Hallmarking Centre, the BIS recognised facility that tests and certifies purity

Gold retail in Arunachal Pradesh is a comparatively recent development next to the state's centuries old tribal silversmithing tradition, growing alongside Itanagar's emergence as the state capital and administrative centre after Arunachal Pradesh gained statehood in 1987.

This newer gold trade has always depended on supply links to Guwahati, given the absence of any local bullion market or refining infrastructure within the state itself.

The base metal rate is identical, since both Itanagar and Guwahati price against the same national IBJA benchmark. The difference is the freight and insurance cost in Itanagar's local premium, plus making charges that can run slightly higher given the smaller scale of Arunachal Pradesh's retail trade.

For a large purchase, some residents choose to buy during a Guwahati visit, where wider competition among jewellers can mean marginally better making charges.

Gold and property serve fundamentally different purposes. Property in Itanagar requires a large upfront commitment and is illiquid. Gold can be bought and sold in small increments and converted to cash within minutes.

Most Arunachal Pradesh 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.

If you are in Arunachal Pradesh and considering a gold or lab grown diamond jewellery purchase, Lucira offers hallmarked gold and certified lab grown diamond pieces with transparent, itemised pricing and doorstep delivery, a practical option given limited local selection.

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 Itanagar 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

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 in Itanagar remains the most secure option for larger holdings.

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.

Some established jewellers in Itanagar offer monthly instalment schemes similar to those common on the mainland, depositing a fixed amount for around 11 months with a bonus instalment added at the end.

Given the small number of shops in the state, confirm terms in writing and only join a scheme with a jeweller with an established, long standing local reputation.

Under 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.

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.

24 karat gold is 99.9 percent pure and used for investment coins and bars, though demand for pure investment gold is a smaller share of Arunachal Pradesh's trade than on the mainland.

22 karat, or 916 gold, 91.6 percent pure, is the standard for mainstream jewellery sold across Itanagar. 18 karat and 14 karat appear mainly in lighter, diamond set pieces increasingly available through branded showrooms.

Unlike silver, which carries deep ceremonial significance across most of Arunachal Pradesh's tribes, gold plays a comparatively smaller role in traditional tribal ornament culture. Where gold does appear in tribal jewellery, it is usually alongside, rather than instead of, silver and natural materials such as beads, seeds and bamboo.

This gives Arunachal Pradesh a genuinely different metal hierarchy from much of mainland India, where gold typically dominates ceremonial jewellery. Here, silver holds that cultural position, while gold is bought mainly through mainstream retail for investment and modern jewellery.

Given limited local selection, ordering hallmarked gold jewellery online from an established national retailer that ships to Arunachal Pradesh pin codes is a genuinely practical option for residents.

Delivery times typically run longer than to mainland cities given the logistics of reaching the state, so factor this into timing a purchase for a specific occasion.

Itanagar remains the single most important reference point for gold pricing anywhere in Arunachal Pradesh, and jewellers across the state price their day against Guwahati and the national IBJA benchmark each morning.

For any significant purchase, comparing making charges across at least two established Itanagar shops, or weighing a Guwahati trip against local buying, is a reasonable and common practice.

• Jewellery from an Itanagar jeweller: wearable and giftable, but making charges reduce resale value
• 24 karat coins and bars, often special ordered: 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

Given limited local stock, many Arunachal Pradesh residents use a mix of local purchases and either digital gold or ETFs for pure savings.

Gold retail in Arunachal Pradesh remains a modest, purely commercial category compared with the state's much richer tribal silver craft economy. Itanagar's gold trade, supplied from Guwahati, serves resident demand for investment and modern jewellery rather than any deep local ceremonial tradition.

This makes Arunachal Pradesh's gold market genuinely smaller in cultural weight than its silver market, a distinctive feature compared with most Indian states where gold typically dominates.