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

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

Mizoram has no bullion trade or gold refining of its own. Gold sold in Aizawl, the state capital and its principal retail centre, is supplied primarily via Silchar in Assam, the nearest major trading town and the road-linked gateway most commonly used for the state's jewellery trade, rather than the more distant Guwahati. Among the ethnic Mizo people, both gold and silver are considered auspicious, but silver in particular is treated as an accessible, affordable precious metal for everyday saving, with gold reserved more for larger occasions. 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 Mizoram

Because the state's jewellery trade is supplied largely through Silchar, standard eastern Indian retail units apply: the gram and 10 gram denomination for both gold and silver purchases. It is worth confirming which metal and which unit a quoted price refers to, since silver is bought in comparable volumes locally.

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

There is no local wholesale kilogram bar trade in Mizoram; buyers wanting bullion at that scale would source it from Silchar or 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 Mizoram, this series tracks the Silchar benchmark closely, since that is the effective supply source, with the local retail price typically running a modest, fairly stable 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 Mizoram has no bullion market of its own, this trend line is effectively the Silchar trend plus a stable transport premium, and gold and silver here tend to move together given how closely linked local buying decisions between the two metals are.

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 Mizoram, the relevant local reference is the Silchar market in Assam, the road-linked trading town most commonly used to supply Aizawl.

Step five: the transport premium

On top of the Silchar rate, Aizawl jewellers add a premium covering hill transport and the working capital cost of holding stock in a smaller, more remote market.

Seven forces account for almost all movement, arriving in Mizoram via the Silchar 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 Silchar rate, which flows through to Aizawl unchanged in structure.

Seasonal demand. Chapchar Kut, a major Mizo festival, alongside Christmas, significant given the state's overwhelmingly Christian population, and the national wedding season concentrate local buying of both gold and silver.

Policy and logistics. Import duty revisions produce one off national steps. Locally, hill road conditions on the route to Silchar can affect stock movement even when the rate itself is unchanged.

Mizoram's organised gold trade is concentrated almost entirely in the capital, supplied through the Silchar route.

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

Outside Aizawl, organised jewellery retail across the state's other towns remains limited, and many residents rely on Aizawl's market 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 Aizawl, largely wedding and investment pieces, and buyers should check resale value on 916 KDM gold jewellery specifically when planning a future need. 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 Mizoram 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. Making charges can significantly impact the overall cost of jewellery, so always ask before committing to a purchase.

What making charges run in Mizoram

• Plain chains and machine-made pieces | roughly 10 percent, broadly in line with the additional production cost buyers should expect on gold jewellery here
• Handcrafted traditional and bridal work | roughly 14 to 20 percent
• Silver jewellery, including hand-made traditional Mizo ornaments | making charges are typically lower given silver's role as the more accessible metal

A worked example

Take a 10 gram 22 karat chain with 10 percent making. Metal value is 10 grams at today's 916 rate. Add 10 percent of that as making charges. Add 3 percent GST on the subtotal. The final bill is roughly 13.3 percent above the pure metal value.

With fewer jewellers to compare against than in a mainland city, checking a quote against the Silchar rate before buying in Aizawl 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. Mizoram has no BIS recognised assaying and hallmarking centre of its own; pieces sold in Aizawl are hallmarked in Silchar or further afield 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 Mizoram means understanding its relationship with silver, a genuinely distinctive feature of the local market.

Two precious metals, two roles

Among the ethnic Mizo people, both gold and silver are considered auspicious, but they occupy different practical roles. Silver functions as the accessible, affordable precious metal for everyday saving and regular ceremonial gifting, purchased steadily across the year by a broad cross-section of buyers. Gold is generally reserved for larger occasions, weddings and significant investment purchases, where its higher cost carries correspondingly greater weight.

A close, visible link between the two metals

In Aizawl's retail market, this shows up directly in buyer behaviour: gold and silver prices are watched together, and when gold prices climb sharply, buyers often shift toward silver as a more attainable way to keep saving in precious metal, since the two generally move in the same direction.

What this means for a buyer

If gold feels like a stretch for a particular purchase or savings goal, silver is a genuinely well-established, culturally accepted alternative in Mizoram, not a lesser substitute, and local silversmiths continue to make traditional Mizo ornaments by hand alongside the retail gold trade.

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

The local market

• Aizawl's independent jewellers | serving the capital's salaried and government-employee customer base, stocking both gold and silver
• Silchar, Assam | the nearest major trading town that supplies most of Aizawl's stock

What to check wherever you buy

• BIS hallmark with HUID on every gold piece
• The day's rate displayed for both gold and silver, 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 Aizawl 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 Aizawl jeweller will typically honour a published buyback policy.

Gold loans. Available through banks and NBFCs in Aizawl, letting you access funds against jewellery without selling it.

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

Gold and silver buying in Mizoram follows a calendar shaped by Mizo cultural festivals and the state's overwhelmingly Christian population.

• Chapchar Kut | a major Mizo spring festival, a traditional occasion for gifting and buying
• Christmas | the single biggest gifting occasion across much of the state
• Akshaya Tritiya, Dhanteras and Diwali | the national gold buying peaks, observed in Aizawl's organised retail too
• Wedding season | when demand for modern gold jewellery rises

One state-specific note: hill road conditions on the route to Silchar can slow stock movement during heavy monsoon rainfall, 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 Mizoram, 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 Mizoram's limited local resale market. Jewellery carries making charges you do not recover, so it is part ornament and part investment. In Mizoram specifically, silver is a genuinely well-established, more accessible entry point into precious metal saving, worth considering alongside gold rather than only as a fallback.

For most households in the state the practical answer is a mix: gold reserved for weddings and major occasions, silver for regular, more accessible saving, and simple, easily verified investment coins or small bars for either metal.

Jhum, or slash and burn cultivation, remains the most common form of farming in Mizoram, though it is increasingly being supplemented by a growing horticulture and bamboo products industry.

This shift toward bamboo based cottage industries and horticulture, alongside government jobs, provides a meaningful, if modest, income base supporting gold demand across rural Mizoram.

Mizoram records a literacy rate of roughly 91.58 percent, among the highest of any Indian state, with Aizawl and Serchhip districts recording some of the country's highest district level literacy figures.

This educated population makes Mizoram's gold buyers genuinely price and purity conscious, favouring established, transparent jewellers over informal sellers.

The large majority of Mizos are Christian, following the spread of the Roman script and formal education introduced by Welsh Presbyterian missionaries in the 19th century.

This gives Mizoram a genuinely distinct gold and jewellery gifting calendar centred on Christmas, weddings and church related occasions rather than the mainstream Hindu festival calendar followed across most of India.

Chapchar Kut, Mizoram's most popular spring festival celebrated after the arduous jhum cultivation clearing season, features the traditional Cheraw bamboo dance and is a significant occasion for gifting and new clothes across the state.

Alongside Christmas, Chapchar Kut, Mim Kut and Pawl Kut give Mizoram's jewellers several genuinely distinct annual occasions to plan stock and staffing around, separate from the mainstream Hindu festival calendar.

Mizoram borders Myanmar and Bangladesh, and the state is a growing transit point for cross border trade, with National Highway 54 connecting Aizawl to the rest of India through Silchar in Assam.

This border trade position, alongside government employment and a growing bamboo and horticulture economy, forms the backbone of Mizoram's largely agrarian economy.

Wedding season demand for gold jewellery peaks across Mizoram alongside church wedding traditions, with Mizo customs typically pairing gold gifting with the community centred celebrations common in Mizo society.

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

Given Mizoram's overwhelmingly Christian population, Christmas forms the single strongest annual gifting and gold buying season, distinct from the mainstream national Diwali and Dhanteras peak.

Jewellers in Aizawl and across the state typically see their largest annual uplift in gold sales during this December period.

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. Mizoram'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 Mizoram.

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

Physical gold from a Mizoram 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 Mizoram through Silchar and Guwahati.

Gold has almost no industrial demand nationally, and Mizoram's own economy, running largely on agriculture, bamboo products and government employment, reflects this: the state's gold trade is driven entirely by retail jewellery, investment and the gifting 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
• Rangkachak: the Mizo word for gold, occasionally used in local searches
• 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.

Mizoram's largely agricultural and government employment driven income base means this shift shows up as design adjustment rather than buyers skipping wedding and Christmas purchases altogether.

Gold retail in Mizoram is shaped decisively by the state's overwhelmingly Christian Mizo population, its exceptionally high literacy rate, and an economy running on agriculture, bamboo products and government employment.

This combination gives Mizoram's gold market a genuinely distinct character among Indian states, with Christmas rather than Diwali forming the dominant annual gifting occasion.

Gold and property serve fundamentally different purposes. Property in Aizawl, often built on hilly terrain with genuine construction constraints, requires a large upfront commitment and is illiquid. Gold can be bought and sold in small increments and converted to cash within minutes.

Most households in Mizoram 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 Mizoram 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 Mizoram 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 Aizawl 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 Mizoram 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 Mizoram 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 Mizoram 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 Mizoram 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 Christmas jewellery for cultural occasions, and coins, bars or ETFs for pure savings.