Silver Rate Today in Budaun – 7 Nov 2026, 3 AM IST

The figures in the live table are bullion reference rates for Budaun, quoted per gram for 999 fine silver and 925 sterling silver, refreshed every business day against MCX and IBJA benchmarks.

Budaun is one of the oldest towns in the Rohilkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, briefly the capital of the Delhi Sultanate in the 13th century, and its jewellery trade is concentrated around Bhamashah Chowk in the old city. This page covers today's rate, how it is set, making charges and GST, purity verification, where to buy and sell, Budaun's history as a Sultanate capital and city of Sufi saints, the buying calendar, taxation and a detailed FAQ.

The weight table converts today's per gram rate into the denominations Budaun buyers transact in, from a single gram through 10 grams, 100 grams and a kilogram, for both 999 and 925 purity.

Jewellery bought for weddings and festivals varies in weight by design, while coins bought for Dhanteras and gifting follow standard denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 grams.

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 the net movement from the earliest session to today, the high and low that define the trading range, and whether daily changes are small and steady or large and alternating. Silver swings harder in percentage terms than gold on the same news, so expect a wider range here than on a gold rate page over the same ten days.

The trend table sets today's Budaun rate against its opening and closing values over seven days, 30 days and 12 months. The shorter windows capture sentiment; the 12 month window captures the structural story, chiefly industrial demand, ETF investment flows and the gold to silver ratio.

Budaun tracks the national IBJA benchmark. As an agricultural trading town in the Rohilkhand belt, local demand often firms up around the rabi and kharif harvest and marriage seasons rather than moving independently of the national trend.

Silver trades continuously in US dollars per troy ounce on COMEX and the London Bullion Market Association benchmark, converts at the prevailing USD to INR rate, and picks up customs duty, cess and GST before reaching Indian retail. Budaun's jewellers price against the national IBJA reference rate, adding a modest local premium.

Budaun's own economy runs on agricultural trade and small commerce rather than silver-consuming industry, so local demand is almost entirely retail: jewellery, investment coins and ceremonial gifting.

Real interest rates, the US dollar, industrial demand and investment flows move the international price. The rupee's exchange rate and Indian import duty changes move the local price on top of that.

Locally, Budaun's demand follows the agricultural calendar and the Hindu festival calendar, with a marked pickup before Dhanteras, Diwali and during the November to February wedding season.

999 fine silver is 99.9 percent pure and is the form used for investment coins and bars, popular during Dhanteras.

925 sterling silver, 92.5 percent pure with the remainder mostly copper, is the standard for jewellery, anklets and gift items sold through Budaun's shops.

Confirm which purity a quote refers to before comparing shops; the two are not interchangeable in price.

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

What making charges run in Budaun

• Silver coins | roughly 3 to 8 percent
• Standard and festive jewellery | roughly 8 to 18 percent depending on design
• Utensils and gift items | roughly 5 to 15 percent

A worked example: a 40 gram silver ornament with 14 percent making adds 14 percent to the metal value, then 3 percent GST on that subtotal, for a final bill roughly 17.4 percent above the pure metal value.

Silver hallmarking is not yet as universally enforced as gold hallmarking, so buyer diligence matters more here.

• Look for a BIS hallmark stamp where the piece carries one
• Ask the jeweller to weigh the piece in front of you and confirm the purity claim against the day's rate
• For a larger purchase, ask for an acid or electronic purity test before paying

Buying from an established jeweller at Bhamashah Chowk with a GST invoice is the safer route.

Budaun's commercial life sits on top of one of Rohilkhand's oldest and most consequential settlements.

A city old enough to have its own founding legend

Local tradition holds that Budaun was founded around 905 CE by a prince named Budh, from whom the city takes its name, though archaeological finds nearby point to settlement going back to the 7th or 8th century. An old inscription refers to the city, then called Vodamayuta, being ruled by a line of earlier kings.

Briefly the capital of the Delhi Sultanate

Qutb-ud-din Aibak captured Budaun in 1196, making it an important frontier post of the early Delhi Sultanate. Between 1210 and 1214, Budaun served as the Sultanate's actual capital under Sultan Iltutmish, who had earlier been its governor, as had his son Rukn ud-din Firuz, both of whom went on to rule from Delhi. The city's Jama Masjid, a large domed mosque, was built in 1223 and remains one of the period's notable monuments.

A city of Sufi saints and Urdu letters

Budaun is widely known in the region as a city of Sufi saints and shrines, and in the 20th century it produced two major figures in Urdu literature and cinema: the writer Ismat Chughtai and the lyricist Shakeel Badayuni, who wrote the songs for Mughal-e-Azam and other classic Hindi films.

A market town that outlasted its Sultanate

Budaun's political importance faded after a fire destroyed much of the town in 1571 and Shah Jahan later shifted the regional governorship to what became Bareilly, but the city's identity as, in one historical description, 'a big market, historically famous and religiously important city' persisted long after its Sultanate-era prominence ended.

Budaun's silver trade is concentrated around the old city's commercial core.

• Bhamashah Chowk | the historic market square and main jewellery trading area
• The old city area around the Jama Masjid | further established shops

What to check wherever you buy

• BIS hallmark where the piece carries one
• The day's rate displayed and the making charge quoted as a percentage in writing
• A proper GST invoice carrying weight, purity, rate and making charge

Exchange at a jeweller at Bhamashah Chowk, ideally the one who sold it, with the piece weighed and purity-tested in front of you. Avoid unlicensed street buyers regardless of the rate promised.

Silver buying in Budaun follows the Hindu festival calendar and the region's agricultural cycle.

• Dhanteras | the biggest single day for silver coins and utensils
• Diwali and the November to February wedding season | further peaks
• Post-harvest periods after the rabi and kharif crops | when rural buying picks up across the district

Because Budaun district's economy leans agricultural, silver buying tends to track crop cycles and harvest income alongside the usual festival calendar.

Taxes on silver are set nationally, so nothing here is specific to Budaun, but three layers matter to every buyer.

At purchase, GST at 3 percent applies on the value of the metal plus making charges. At sale, profit on physical silver held over the qualifying period is taxed as long term capital gains; shorter holdings are taxed at your slab rate, and your original invoice establishes the cost basis. Large cash purchases require PAN above the prescribed threshold.

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

Silver is more volatile than gold day to day, since it carries a genuine industrial demand component nationally alongside its investment role. That makes it higher risk, higher potential reward, not a straightforward substitute for gold.

In Budaun specifically, when gold crosses roughly 80,000 rupees per 10 grams, many families shift to silver for festival gifts, wedding items and savings. Coins and bars in 999 purity carry the lowest making cost and recover the most value on resale; festive jewellery in 925 carries making charges you do not recover.

For most Budaun households the practical split is: jewellery and gift items bought for their occasion and design, and separately, simple 999 coins or small bars bought purely as savings.

Silver in India traded around 37,000 to 40,000 rupees per kilogram in 2015 and 2016, and stayed close to that band through 2018 and 2019. The metal rose steadily after the pandemic, crossing 78,000 rupees per kilogram in 2023.

The RBI's annual average for financial year 2024 to 2025 stood at roughly 89,000 rupees per kilogram, and financial year 2025 to 2026 saw an increase of about 82 percent to roughly 1,62,000 rupees per kilogram, the sharpest annual rise in the modern data series. MCX spot silver briefly touched close to 3,59,000 rupees per kilogram in January 2026 before correcting.

Over the full decade, an investor holding physical silver from 2015 through 2025 saw their holding value roughly triple, before the sharp further move into 2026. Budaun's local rates have tracked this national curve throughout, since the city prices off the same national IBJA benchmark as the rest of India.

Unlike gold, over half of global silver demand now comes from industry rather than jewellery or investment, chiefly solar panels, electric vehicles, semiconductors and 5G hardware. This structurally tighter supply picture is a genuine difference from gold, and it is a major reason silver has moved more sharply than gold in recent years.

India is the world's largest consumer of silver and imports over 80 percent of its requirement. In September 2025 the government restricted imports of plain silver jewellery to curb duty evasion, and in May 2026 raised the import duty on silver bullion. Policy changes like these can move the domestic price independently of the global rate for a period. Budaun's own economy, based on agricultural trade, consumes no industrial silver, so none of this local demand offsets or adds to the national supply picture.

Whether rates in Budaun fall from current levels depends on factors nobody can predict with certainty, including global interest rates, industrial demand growth and rupee movement. Anyone telling you they know the answer with confidence is guessing. The practical approach is to buy against your own need and timeline rather than trying to time the market.

Silver is more volatile than gold day to day because of its industrial demand component, which means larger swings in both directions. Over the last decade silver has actually outpaced gold in percentage terms during rally phases, though it also falls harder during pullbacks.

Equity markets have historically delivered higher long run returns than precious metals, but with far more volatility tied to company and economic performance rather than metal supply and demand. Debt instruments such as fixed deposits and bonds give predictable, lower returns with minimal price risk.

None of these asset classes is a straightforward substitute for another. Silver's role in a Budaun household's savings is usually as a small, liquid holding alongside other assets, not a replacement for equity or debt.

Physical silver, bought as coins, bars or jewellery from a Budaun jeweller, gives you something you can hold, gift or wear, but it attracts 3 percent GST at purchase, requires safe storage, and jewellery carries making charges you do not recover on resale.

Silver ETFs, listed on the NSE and BSE, let you hold silver electronically without storage concerns or GST on the transaction, and can be bought and sold through a regular demat account. Both physical silver and silver ETFs are taxed the same way, at 12.5 percent on long term capital gains without indexation for holdings over 12 months, under the rules applicable for financial year 2025 to 2026.

Unlike gold, India currently has no sovereign bond equivalent for silver, so ETFs and physical metal remain the two main routes for most Budaun investors.

India imports over 80 percent of the silver it consumes, mostly as bullion classified under HS Code 7106, cleared through customs and the ICEGATE electronic filing system before reaching refiners and bullion dealers.

Import policy has shifted more than once recently. Silver bullion duty was cut to 6 percent in 2025 to curb smuggling, plain silver jewellery imports were restricted from September 2025 to limit duty evasion through trade agreements, and bullion duty was then raised again in May 2026. Because these rules change, the duty in effect at any given time should be confirmed rather than assumed.

More than half of global silver demand today comes from industry rather than jewellery, with solar panels, electric vehicles, semiconductors and medical devices among the largest consumers. Budaun's own economic base is agricultural trade, which does not use silver, so this national industrial pull affects the price Budaun pays without any of it being sourced or consumed locally.

• 999 fine silver: silver that is 99.9 percent pure, used for coins and bars
• 925 sterling silver: silver mixed with copper for strength, the standard for jewellery
• Making charges: the fee a jeweller adds for crafting a piece, on top of the metal value
• Hallmark: the BIS purity certification mark stamped on eligible pieces
• HUID: the unique six digit hallmark identification number used to trace a certified piece
• Tola: a traditional unit of weight equal to approximately 11.66 grams
• Troy ounce: the international unit silver is quoted in globally, equal to 31.1035 grams
• IBJA: the India Bullion and Jewellers Association, source of the national reference rate
• MCX: the Multi Commodity Exchange, where silver futures trade in India
• LTCG: long term capital gains, the tax on profit from silver held beyond the qualifying period
• Silver ETF: an exchange traded fund that holds physical silver and trades like a stock

Budaun's jewellery trade grew inside one of Rohilkhand's oldest towns, a city old enough to have briefly served as the capital of the Delhi Sultanate between 1210 and 1214 under Sultan Iltutmish, who had governed it before rising to the throne. Bhamashah Chowk, the old city's historic market square, remains the trading centre for jewellery today, much as it likely served the town's commerce for generations.

Unlike cities with a documented, centuries-old goldsmiths' lane, Budaun's jewellery trade has no single named historic guild street on record; it grew instead alongside the town's long-standing identity as, in one historical description, a big market that was also historically famous and religiously important.

Nationally, rising silver prices through 2024, 2025 and 2026 have made buyers more price sensitive, and jewellery volumes in weight terms have come under pressure even where spending in rupee terms held steady. This national pattern is a reasonable guide to Budaun's own retail trade.

What has held up in Budaun is demand tied to the district's agricultural calendar and the Hindu festival cycle. Dhanteras remains the single biggest day for silver coins and utensils, and the November to February wedding season adds further volume. Because Budaun district's economy leans agricultural, rural buying often follows the rabi and kharif harvests, giving local demand a somewhat different rhythm than in a purely urban, salaried market.

Silver and property serve fundamentally different purposes as assets, and comparing them directly can be misleading. Property in Budaun requires a large upfront commitment, carries registration and stamp duty costs, and cannot be sold in part if you need only a portion of your money back. Silver can be bought and sold in small increments, from a single gram upward, and converted to cash at a jeweller within minutes.

Property can generate rental income and tends to appreciate with local development, including the boost expected from the Ganga Expressway that opened in 2026, but it is illiquid and requires ongoing maintenance. Silver generates no income and must be stored securely, but it carries no maintenance burden and its value is set by a transparent national benchmark rather than local negotiation.

Most Budaun households do not choose between the two. Property tends to serve as a long term family asset, while silver serves as a smaller, liquid holding for near term needs and festival occasions.

If you are in Budaun and considering a silver or lab grown diamond jewellery purchase, Lucira offers hallmarked silver and certified lab grown diamond pieces with transparent, itemised pricing and doorstep delivery across India, so you can compare designs and pricing without needing to navigate Bhamashah Chowk's crowds.

Every Lucira piece is priced against the live daily rate shown on this page, with making charges and certification costs shown separately, the same transparency you should expect from any established jeweller in Budaun.

A proper invoice from a Budaun jeweller should show five separate lines: the net silver weight in grams, the purity, the rate applied per gram that day, the making charge as a percentage or flat fee, and GST at 3 percent applied on the metal plus making charge combined.

If a piece carries stones or beads, the invoice should state the net silver weight separately from the gross weight, since you should only be charged the silver rate on the silver itself, not on the stones. Ask for this breakdown before paying if it is not shown automatically.

A hallmarked piece should also show the HUID number on the invoice, which lets you verify the certification independently 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 silver weight, especially on stone set pieces
• Making charges quoted verbally but not itemised on the final bill, which locally range from about 5 to 20 percent depending on design and jeweller
• Pressure to buy quickly during a festival rush at Bhamashah Chowk without time to compare rates
• No willingness to weigh the piece in front of you before billing

Given how wide that making charge range is in Budaun, comparing two or three shops before a significant purchase is especially worthwhile.

Silver tarnishes when exposed to air and humidity, unlike gold, so storage matters more, and it matters in Budaun. The district sits in the Rohilkhand plain, where summers regularly reach close to 40 degrees Celsius and the monsoon brings sustained humidity, both of which speed up tarnishing.

Keep pieces in an airtight pouch or box, ideally with an anti tarnish strip, away from direct sunlight and the more humid parts of the house during the monsoon. For larger holdings of coins or bars, a bank locker remains the most secure option, though it carries an annual rental cost that should be weighed against the value stored. A home safe is a reasonable middle ground for smaller quantities, provided it is fixed and insured.

Keep your original purchase invoice with your stored silver, since it establishes purity, weight and cost basis if you need to sell or claim insurance later.

Many jewellers in Budaun, including established names around Bhamashah Chowk, offer monthly instalment schemes where you deposit a fixed amount each month for a set period, typically 11 months, and the jeweller adds a bonus instalment or discount at the end, redeemable against silver or gold jewellery.

Before joining one, confirm in writing whether the redemption value is locked at the rate on the day of each deposit or the rate on the day of redemption, since this materially changes the scheme's value, and check whether the bonus is forfeited if you exit early or miss an instalment.

These schemes are not regulated the way bank deposits are, so only join one with an established, well known jeweller.

• Jewellery from Bhamashah Chowk: standard and festive designs, making charges reflect craftsmanship
• 999 silver bars and bullion from established jewellers: low making charges of about 1 to 3 percent, best for pure savings
• Silver coins, idols and utensils: 999 purity Lakshmi Ganesh coins standard for Dhanteras, silver idols and puja items popular year round
• Silver ETFs: no storage or GST, held in a demat account, cannot be worn or gifted physically
• Digital silver apps and MCX futures: for savings and active trading respectively

Most Budaun households use a mix, jewellery for weddings and festivals, and coins, bars or ETFs for pure savings, rather than picking one route exclusively.

Under the rules applicable for financial year 2025 to 2026, profit on physical silver or silver 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 as short term gains at your income tax slab rate.

Your gain is calculated as the sale price minus your original purchase cost, including making charges you paid, which is why keeping your original invoice matters. A 4 percent health and education cess applies on top of the tax, along with any applicable surcharge.

Tax rules change through Finance Act amendments most years, so confirm the current holding period and rate with a chartered accountant before a large sale, rather than relying on this or any other page.

Unlike gold, there is no prescribed ceiling on how much silver an individual can hold in India, provided it is acquired through disclosed, taxed income and you can produce invoices if asked.

Cash payments for a single silver purchase above the prescribed threshold require your PAN card to be furnished to the jeweller, and payments above two lakh rupees in cash for a single transaction are not permitted under income tax rules regardless of PAN. Paying digitally or by cheque avoids this limit entirely and is the more practical route for larger purchases.

Always retain your purchase invoices in Budaun, since they are your primary evidence of legitimate ownership if silver holdings are ever questioned.

Bhamashah Chowk is Budaun's historic market square and remains the centre of the jewellery trade, carrying the widest selection of designs and the largest concentration of established shops.

The lanes around the Jama Masjid, in the old walled part of the city, carry a further scatter of jewellers serving the neighbourhood directly.

Budaun does not have a separately documented, centuries-old goldsmiths' guild street the way some older Indian cities do; its jewellery trade has instead grown as part of the old city's general commercial identity around Bhamashah Chowk.

For any significant purchase, visiting two or three shops around the Chowk to compare making charges and designs before deciding is a reasonable and common practice among local buyers.