How rates are set, what moves them, and what a published figure does and does not include — written from the data todaybhav collects every day.
We measured 180 days of our own gold data. It fell on 79 days and rose on 72, yet ended 3.5% higher — and there is no best weekday to buy, we checked that too.
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 7 min read
24K, 22K and 18K are not grades, they are fractions. We checked our own rates: 22K is exactly 91.66% of 24K, and all three move by the same percentage.
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 6 min read
A tola is 11.6638 g, a pavan is 8 g — the tola is 45.8% heavier. At today's 22K rate that is ₹51,277 between two things people call "one piece".
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 6 min read
A kilogram of CNG costs more than a litre of petrol in Kullu, and CNG is still cheaper to drive there. The per-unit price is the wrong number — here is the right one.
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 7 min read
Silver fell 25.8% from its peak while gold fell 13.6%, and it gained less. It also sat unchanged on 97 of 179 days, which means less than it looks like.
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 7 min read
Petrol varies ₹17.71 a litre between Indian cities. Gold varies ₹106 a gram. We measured both, and the reason for the difference is the tax structure.
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 6 min read
One cylinder, one weight, three companies — and 42 different prices across 54 cities. Unlike petrol, most of the variation is not tax. It is distance.
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 6 min read
Gold rates look almost identical across Indian cities on any given day. We checked six months of daily data to see whether the gap is real, and what it means for a 10-gram purchase.
todaybhav · 25 September 2026 · 4 min read
24K gold rose 8.7% in August 2026 and silver rose 8.5%, measured from our own daily readings across 71 cities.
todaybhav · 1 September 2026 · 3 min read