Silver rate searches get a fraction of the attention gold does, but the same confusion shows up: the number on a rate-tracking app rarely matches what a showroom quotes. Here's how our published silver rate works and what it's actually useful for.
Most silver rates you'll find online are live bullion references for fine (999) silver, moving through the trading day. A showroom's customer-facing rate is set once for the day and applies to the silver you'll actually buy — jewellery, articles and gifting pieces, not investment-grade bars.
Silver is also more sensitive to small daily bullion swings than gold in percentage terms, so a rate that looks "off" by a noticeable amount from one day to the next isn't unusual — it's just a lower base price moving on the same market forces.
We publish one silver rate per Indian calendar day, right alongside the gold rate, so both read from the same daily update rather than two different schedules.
The same number shows up wherever it's used on the site — the homepage rate strip and the Silver Rate page — so there's nothing to reconcile between pages.
Silver jewellery and articles carry making charges the same way gold does, and the effect is often more visible on silver because the metal cost itself is lower — so craftsmanship can be a bigger share of the final price than it is on a comparable gold piece.
Weight matters more too. A heavier silver article (a set of idols, a decorative tray, a substantial anklet) moves the price meaningfully with the daily rate, so it's worth checking the rate again if you're planning a larger purchase rather than a small gift piece.
Check today's published silver rate, keep in mind it's a starting point rather than the exact billed price, and mention the approximate weight you have in mind when you visit — that's enough for the team to give you a realistic number on the spot.
Rate apps usually show a live 999 fine silver bullion reference. We publish one daily customer-facing rate for the silver used in jewellery and articles, set once per Indian calendar day rather than re-quoted through the day.
Both are published on the same daily schedule. Silver can move by a larger percentage day to day simply because its base price is lower, not because it's updated differently.
Often, yes — since the metal cost per gram is much lower for silver, craftsmanship and design work make up a larger share of the final price than they typically do on a gold piece.