Gold Rate Today in Prayagraj – 24K, 22K & 18K Price Per Gram

Updated 2026-09-11
Today's indicative gold rate in Prayagraj: 24K ₹15219/gram (₹1,52,190/10g), 22K ₹13941/gram, 18K ₹11414/gram — down ₹135/g on yesterday, and up 2.0% over 30 days. Rates are metal references before GST and making charges; the full bill math, Prayagraj's jewellery-market guide and date-wise history follow below.

Prayagraj rates by purity

Purity Per gram Per 10 grams
24K (999) ₹15219 ₹1,52,190
22K (916) ₹13941 ₹1,39,410
18K (750) ₹11414 ₹1,14,140
vs yesterday
−₹135
30-day high
₹15374
30-day low
₹14900

30-day trend in Prayagraj (24K ₹/g)

30 days ago: ₹14917 Today: ₹15219

A rising month for Prayagraj buyers: ₹302/g (2.0%) over 30 days, averaging ₹15152/g. Chart tracks the 24K reference; 22K moves in lockstep at 91.6%.

Prayagraj vs other metros (24K ₹/g)

City 24K/g 22K/g
Delhi ₹15209 ₹13931
Mumbai ₹15194 ₹13918
Chennai ₹15284 ₹14000
Bangalore ₹15244 ₹13964
Hyderabad ₹15244 ₹13964
Kolkata ₹15199 ₹13922

City spreads stay within ~1% — driven by transport, dealer premia and demand intensity, not different gold.

Gold in Prayagraj: the local picture

Prayagraj's gold trade works on two clocks: the ordinary years, when the Chowk sarafa prices the Doab's weddings in the unhurried UP way — and the Kumbh years, when the world's largest gathering remakes the city's entire commercial metabolism, ritual gold included. Rates hold the standard UP premium on both clocks.

The steady-state market is heartland-classic: judicial-and-university Prayagraj buying with establishment tidiness, district families shopping the old lanes for trousseau weight, winter lagan concentration, and the Sangam's year-round ritual economy humming beneath.

The judicial economy shapes the market’s upper tier: the High Court bar’s households have anchored Civil Lines’ jewellery trade for generations, buying with the profession’s documentation instincts and season-proof steadiness. It gives Prayagraj a certified-retail depth unusual for its size — the lawyers wanted paperwork before paperwork was policy.

Popular Jewellery Markets in Prayagraj

The Sangam city's trade holds to its old commercial quarter:

Chowk (Sarafa Bazaar)

The old city's jewellery quarter — established houses and traditional counters serving the Doab's weddings at the region's keenest charges, with the depth district towns draw on.

Katra & University Road

The academic quarter's market — mid-market counters serving the university city's households and small-ceremonial buying.

Civil Lines

The planned centre's showrooms — brand stores and established houses with certified floors for the city's judicial-administrative establishment.

Naini & Jhunsi rows

The trans-river neighbourhoods' convenience counters — family jewellers sparing residents the bridge crossing for routine weight.

Gold Buying in Prayagraj: Between Sangam and Sarafa

Establishment Prayagraj — the courts, the university, the administration — buys with documentation instincts the market long ago absorbed: proper invoices, hallmarked stock and fixed-price comfort at Civil Lines, balanced against the Chowk's negotiated tradition. Families use both ends knowingly.

Wedding demand runs Doab-classic in solid 22K through the lagan windows, with exchange folding old weight forward and district buying routing through the sarafa's depth. Magh Mela adds an annual ritual-season current; Kumbh years amplify it beyond recognition, flooding the ghats' economy with coin and small-ornament demand.

Sangam-city sense: quote Chowk against Civil Lines for any major set — negotiation versus certification each earns purchases; in Mela seasons, expect the ritual trade to crowd everything river-adjacent and plan asset buying away from the bathing dates; and apply the eastern constants — HUID checks, itemized paper — with establishment thoroughness.

Sangam-city buyers enjoy a quiet arbitrage: the market’s Kumbh-scale capacity — built for crowds that arrive twice a decade — serves ordinary years with excess convenience. Counters staffed for millions attend to individual buyers with time to spare, making the city’s off-Mela retail experience among the unhurried best in Uttar Pradesh.

The university’s generations left a book-keeping culture the market absorbed: Prayagraj’s buyers keep purchase records, compare over time, and treat gold as documented family capital — habits the city’s houses meet with some of eastern UP’s cleanest billing practices. An old education city buys like one. Between the confluence’s tides and the establishment’s term calendars, Prayagraj’s market keeps both times faithfully — and its counters, staffed for the ages, always have a moment for the individual buyer standing before them with a list and a question.

Date-wise gold rate in Prayagraj (last 14 days)

Date 24K/g 22K/g 18K/g Change
11 Sept ₹15219 ₹13941 ₹11414 −₹135
10 Sept ₹15354 ₹14064 ₹11516 −₹20
9 Sept ₹15374 ₹14083 ₹11531 +₹41
8 Sept ₹15333 ₹14045 ₹11500 −₹14
7 Sept ₹15347 ₹14058 ₹11510 +₹36
6 Sept ₹15311 ₹14025 ₹11483 −₹24
5 Sept ₹15335 ₹14047 ₹11501 +₹35
4 Sept ₹15300 ₹14015 ₹11475 +₹37
3 Sept ₹15263 ₹13981 ₹11447 −₹13
2 Sept ₹15276 ₹13993 ₹11457 +₹46
1 Sept ₹15230 ₹13951 ₹11423 −₹19
31 Aug ₹15249 ₹13968 ₹11437 +₹37
30 Aug ₹15212 ₹13934 ₹11409 +₹38
29 Aug ₹15174 ₹13899 ₹11381

What a purchase bills in Prayagraj today

Metal: 10g × 22K rate ₹1,39,410
Making charges (12% typical) ₹16,729
GST @ 3% ₹4,684
Hallmarking (per piece) ₹45
Approx. bill total ₹1,60,868

Making charges are the negotiable line — 8–25% by design complexity, softer in lean season. Traditional counters may quote separate wastage on handcrafted pieces; treat it as a negotiation opening. Coins and bars skip making charges (2–6% premia), which is why investment money belongs in coins and ornament money in negotiated jewellery.

Gold loans in Prayagraj: what today's rate lets you borrow

Today's Prayagraj rate also prices the other side of the counter: pledging instead of buying. At current levels, 22K jewellery supports a gold loan of up to about ₹11,850 per gram at the small-loan LTV tier (85%, for loans up to ₹2.5 lakh) — roughly ₹1,18,500 against 10 grams — with banks and NBFCs across Prayagraj disbursing same-day against appraised ornaments, no income proof required.

The rate you pay varies far more than the rate you receive: gold-loan interest runs from PSU-bank floors near 9% to NBFC convenience schemes above 20%. Our gold loan rate today page tracks per-gram advances daily, the gold loan hub compares 18 lenders honestly, and the eligibility calculator converts your grams into a borrowing figure in seconds.

Gold rate in Prayagraj — FAQs

What is today's gold rate in Prayagraj?
On 2026-09-11's indicative reference: 24K ₹15219/gram (₹1,52,190/10g), 22K ₹13941/gram and 18K ₹11414/gram in Prayagraj. These are metal rates — a jewellery bill adds making charges and 3% GST, broken down in the cost section on this page. Prayagraj counters quote within a few rupees either side of these references.
What is the 22K gold rate per gram in Prayagraj today?
About ₹13941/gram today (₹1,39,410 per 10 grams). 22K is 91.6% fine gold — the standard for Indian jewellery — so its rate always tracks 24K × 0.916. This is the number that matters for wedding and ornament budgets in Prayagraj, since almost all jewellery here is 22K or 18K, not 24K.
Why does the gold price change every day?
Gold is priced globally and re-priced continuously: international bullion moves on US rates, inflation and geopolitics; the rupee translates those moves into Indian prices; import duty and taxes complete the landed cost. Prayagraj's quotes follow the same national reference daily with a small local premium. Over the last 30 days the rate here has risen about ₹302/g (2.0%).
Is the gold rate in Prayagraj inclusive of GST?
No — quoted gold rates (this page and jeweller boards alike) are pre-tax metal rates. Your bill adds 3% GST on metal plus making charges, and making charges themselves (8–25% by design) before that. The worked example on this page shows the full stack: at today's rate, a 10-gram 22K purchase bills roughly ₹1,60,868 all-in at a mid-range making charge.
What is today's gold rate in Prayagraj per 10 grams?
Ten times the per-gram figures above, at the UP premium, moving with the national price daily. The sarafa quotes tightly on rate; charges and exchange terms carry the real spreads, negotiable in the Chowk manner.
Where should Doab families buy wedding gold?
The Chowk sarafa for depth and charges — the district-trip tradition holds — with Civil Lines' showrooms for certified fixed-price sets. Splitting trousseau weight and set pieces across both is the city's practiced pattern.
How does Kumbh affect gold buying in Prayagraj?
Beyond scale: the gathering's months swell ritual coin-and-ornament demand, crowd everything, and reorganize the city's commerce around the ghats. Residents time asset purchases away from bathing-date peaks; the ordinary sarafa trade resumes its rhythm when the tents fold.
Is buying gold during Magh Mela advisable?
Ritual small-weight, freely — the season is made for it. Major asset purchases negotiate better outside the Mela's crowding, when counters have time and charges have flex. The two buying modes coexist here annually; use each in its season.
What making charges are typical in Prayagraj?
Roughly 9–15% on standard 22K at the Chowk's competitive counters, showroom floors above in Civil Lines, craft pricing on jadau-influenced pieces. Lagan seasons firm them; the post-season and monsoon months negotiate best, as across the Doab.
How does Prayagraj’s market differ from Varanasi’s?
Temperament more than terms: both quote the same regional premium and serve lagan-season weight, but Kashi’s trade runs on ritual constancy while Prayagraj’s runs on establishment steadiness — courts, university, administration. Craft-seeking buyers lean Varanasi; documentation-first buyers find Prayagraj’s Civil Lines tier unusually comfortable. The eighty-minute drive lets you use both.
What should district buyers check in Prayagraj’s sarafa?
The eastern constants, capital-grade: HUID hallmark per piece via the BIS Care app, the day’s rate against this page, making and wastage terms settled before weighing, itemized GST billing, exchange deductions negotiated explicitly. The Chowk’s houses meet diligence with respect — the establishment city’s trade has always preferred documented customers.
Does Prayagraj’s market serve interfaith and civil weddings?
With establishment-city ease — the capital of courts handles every wedding format, and its jewellers follow suit: trousseau conventions adapted on request, gifting pieces across traditions, and billing that satisfies whichever family accountant is strictest. The market’s administrative temperament turns out to be excellent wedding infrastructure. Bring the same rigour to Mela-season small purchases too — sentiment buying deserves honest weights no less than trousseau buying, and the good counters apply one standard to both.

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