Gold Rate Today in Manipur – 7 Nov 2026, 5 AM IST

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

Manipur has no bullion trade or gold refining of its own. Gold sold in Imphal, the state capital and its principal retail centre, is supplied almost entirely via Guwahati, the North East's principal trading hub, and organised retail has expanded here more recently than in most mainland Indian markets. Manipur's Meitei and various tribal communities carry their own distinct textile and craft traditions, and gold demand has grown primarily through modern wedding culture and salaried employment rather than a long local goldsmithing history. 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 Manipur

Because the state's jewellery trade is supplied through Guwahati, Assam's units carry over into local retail: the gram and 10 gram denomination for modern purchases, alongside the bhori, 11.6638 grams, occasionally referenced by older buyers and independent jewellers with roots in the Assam trade.

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

There is no local wholesale kilogram bar trade in Manipur; 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 Manipur, 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.

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.

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 Manipur has no bullion market of its own, this trend line is effectively the Guwahati trend plus a stable transport premium.

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 Manipur, the relevant local reference is the Guwahati bullion market, the source of most gold retailed in Imphal.

Step five: the transport premium

On top of the Guwahati rate, Imphal jewellers add a modest, fairly stable premium covering transport and the working capital cost of holding stock in a smaller market.

Seven forces account for almost all movement, arriving in Manipur 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 Imphal unchanged in structure.

Seasonal demand. Yaoshang and other Meitei and tribal festivals, alongside the national wedding season and Akshaya Tritiya, concentrate local buying.

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

Manipur's organised gold trade is concentrated almost entirely in the capital, supplied through the same Guwahati route.

• Gold rate in Imphal | the state capital and its principal retail centre for organised gold jewellery

Outside Imphal, organised jewellery retail across the state's other towns remains limited, and many residents travel to Imphal or Guwahati for significant purchases, or buy from certified online retailers who ship directly.

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 Imphal, 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 Manipur 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.

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 Manipur

• 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 | published, non-negotiable making charges where available

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 Imphal is worthwhile.

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. Manipur has no BIS recognised assaying and hallmarking centre of its own; pieces sold in Imphal are hallmarked in Guwahati before reaching the state, making the HUID check especially important given how few jewellers exist locally to check a quote against.

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 Manipur means understanding what the state's material culture has traditionally emphasised instead.

A textile and craft-first tradition

Manipur's Meitei community and its various tribal communities carry rich, distinct textile weaving and craft traditions, expressed through elaborate handwoven fabrics and traditional dress worn for ceremonial and everyday occasions. Historically, adornment in much of Manipur has centred more on textile artistry and modest jewellery than on gold as a primary marker of status or occasion.

Why this matters for a gold buyer today

Gold's presence in Manipur has grown primarily through modern wedding culture and salaried, often government, employment, alongside organised retail arriving via Guwahati, rather than through a long local goldsmithing tradition of the kind found in states like Gujarat or Andhra Pradesh.

What this means practically

Design stock in Imphal 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. Manipur's celebrated textile and craft traditions remain a separate category, typically sourced from different artisans and outlets entirely.

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

The local market

• Imphal's independent jewellers | serving the capital's salaried and government-employee customer base
• Growing organised retail | branded stores have begun establishing a presence in Imphal in recent years

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 Imphal 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 Imphal jeweller will typically honour a published buyback policy.

Organised gold buying companies. Fewer are physically present in Imphal 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 Manipur follows a calendar shaped by both local Meitei and tribal festivals and the national festive cycle.

• Yaoshang | a major Meitei festival, generating its own gifting and buying occasions
• Akshaya Tritiya | the biggest single gold buying day nationally, observed in Imphal'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 Imphal can slow during the monsoon months, roughly June to September. Planning a significant purchase with that supply calendar in mind is genuinely useful advice here.

Taxes on gold are set nationally, so nothing here is specific to Manipur, 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, worth weighing given Manipur's limited local resale market. 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 Imphal's salaried and government employees 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 the state's own textile and craft traditions kept as a distinct category, and simple, easily verified investment gold, coins or small bars, bought as savings.

Roughly 70 percent of Manipur's geographic area is covered by forest, with much of the state's hill districts supporting agriculture, horticulture and forest based livelihoods among its Naga and Kuki-Zo communities.

This largely rural, forest linked economy shapes gold buying in the hill districts differently from the more urban, trade oriented Imphal valley.

Imphal is home to Ima Keithel, or Mother's Market, a roughly 500 year old trading institution and one of Asia's largest all-women run markets, where only married women are permitted to trade.

While Ima Keithel is best known for textiles, food and handloom goods, its scale and history reflect the genuinely central economic role Manipuri women play in trade, a dynamic that extends into the state's jewellery buying decisions as well.

Manipur is home to a genuinely diverse mix of communities, including the Meitei majority concentrated in the Imphal valley, and Naga, Kuki-Zo and Pangal (Manipuri Muslim) communities across the state's hill districts.

Each community carries its own wedding and gifting customs, giving Manipur's gold jewellery market a genuinely varied character shaped by this cultural diversity.

Manipur ranks among India's leading states for handloom production, with traditional textiles like the phanek and inaphi woven by Meitei women forming an essential part of Manipuri bridal trousseaus alongside gold jewellery.

This pairing of handwoven textiles and gold ornaments in wedding gifting gives Manipur's jewellery buying a genuinely distinct cultural texture compared with many other Indian states.

For over two thousand years, Manipur has sat at a crossroads linking the Indian subcontinent with Southeast Asia, a position that historically encouraged the movement of people, goods and culture through the region.

This trading heritage, combined with the enduring commercial role of markets like Ima Keithel, gives Manipur's retail economy, including its jewellery trade, a genuinely long standing foundation.

Wedding season demand for gold jewellery peaks across Manipur alongside the broader national wedding calendar, with Meitei, Naga, Kuki-Zo and Pangal communities each observing their own bridal traditions.

Jewellers typically stock their widest bridal gold range in the weeks leading into this window, alongside their Diwali preparations earlier in the year.

Akshaya Tritiya, considered universally auspicious for buying gold among Hindu communities, adds a further peak to Manipur's calendar for the state's Meitei population, with coin and small ornament sales rising in the days surrounding it.

Together with Diwali and wedding season, this gives Manipur's gold retailers multiple annual peaks to plan stock and staffing around.

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. Manipur's 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 Manipur.

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 Manipur, gold's role in a household's savings is usually a stable holding tied to weddings and gifting, valued for its portability given the state's relatively limited local financial infrastructure.

Physical gold from a Manipur 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.

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 volumes distributed into Manipur through hubs like Guwahati and Kolkata.

Gold has almost no industrial demand nationally, and Manipur, whose economy runs largely on agriculture, handloom and trade rather than heavy industry, reflects this: the state's gold trade is driven entirely by retail jewellery, investment and the festive calendar.

• 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
• Sona: the Hindi and Meiteilon word commonly used for gold in local searches; chandi means silver
• 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

As gold prices have climbed, a meaningful share of buyers here has shifted toward lighter weight pieces and more diamond or stone work relative to pure gold weight, following the same national pattern seen across India.

Manipur's largely agricultural and handloom driven income base means this shift shows up as design adjustment rather than buyers skipping wedding and festive purchases altogether.

Gold retail in Manipur is shaped by the state's multi-ethnic composition, its handloom and agricultural economy, and the central role women, particularly through institutions like Ima Keithel, play in local commerce.

This combination gives the state's gold market a genuinely distinct character, blending Meitei, Naga, Kuki-Zo and Pangal customs across the Imphal valley and surrounding hill districts.

Gold and property serve fundamentally different purposes. Property in Imphal requires a large upfront commitment and is illiquid. Gold can be bought and sold in small increments and converted to cash within minutes, a genuinely useful trait given the state's occasionally disrupted local commerce.

Most households in Manipur 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 and emergencies alike.

If you are in Manipur 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, so you can compare designs and pricing without needing to visit multiple local shops in person.

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 a Manipur 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 your city 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.

Many jewellers across Manipur offer monthly instalment schemes where you deposit a fixed amount each month for around 11 months, with a bonus instalment added at the end.

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.

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.

For cash purchases above the prescribed threshold, you must furnish your PAN card. Always insist on a GST compliant invoice listing weight, purity, rate and making charge.

Payments above two lakh rupees in cash for a single transaction are not permitted regardless of PAN.

Gold jewellery typically attracts a melting or deduction charge at resale, so ask any Manipur jeweller for their exact deduction policy in advance.

This deduction lowers the effective return on jewellery compared with reselling 24 karat coins or bars, which typically carry little to no deduction.

Several apps offer digital gold purchases that track the live rate without requiring physical storage, available in Manipur the same as anywhere else in India.

Digital gold typically carries a small spread between buy and sell prices, and is best suited to buyers who want gold price exposure without visiting a jeweller.

• Jewellery from a Manipur 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

Most households here use a mix, wedding and festive jewellery for cultural occasions, and coins, bars or ETFs for pure savings.