Zakaat in rupees
Zakat calculator
Enter what you own and what you owe. The calculator values your gold and silver at today's rates, checks the nisab and works out the 2.5% that is due, the same way Paigham does.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nisab is the least wealth on which Zakaat is due: the value of 87.48 g of gold or 612.36 g of silver. The calculator shows both in rupees at the rates above. When your gold alone reaches the gold nisab, that is the one applied; otherwise the silver nisab, the lower of the two, applies, as it does on Paigham.
One fortieth (2.5%) of your total zakatable wealth, after deducting what you owe, once a full lunar year has passed while it stayed above the nisab.
Hanafi scholars, whom most Indian Muslims follow, hold that it is. Other schools exempt jewellery worn every day. Ask your local scholar if you are unsure, and enter the gold you decide to count.
They are the rates Paigham uses for its own Zakaat calculator, taken when this page was last published. Rates change every day, so enter today’s rate from your jeweller if it differs.
No. The calculation happens in your browser and nothing you enter leaves this page. On Paigham you can save each year’s calculation privately on your phone.