Zakat on gold calculator, the nisab and zakat from your gold's weight and karat

This is an estimate, not a fatwa. For your own case, ask the recognised fatwa authority in your country.

How the calculator works

• Pure gold weight = weight × karat ÷ 24. Twenty grams of 21 karat hold 17.5 grams of pure gold.
• The nisab is 85 grams of gold, compared with the pure gold weight.
• Value of the gold = weight × price of a gram of 24 karat × karat ÷ 24.
• If the gold reaches the nisab and you have held it for a full lunar year, zakat is 2.5% of its value, one-fortieth.

Two nisabs: choose the one you follow

Scholars agree that the gold nisab is twenty mithqal, which many put at 85 grams today, but they differ on the karat it is counted in:

• Most jurists count pure gold only, so the nisab is 85 grams of 24 karat, about 97 grams of 21 karat. This is the calculator's first option.
• Egypt's Dar al-Ifta takes the nisab as the value of 85 grams of 21-karat gold, which is lower, so gold reaches it sooner.

The two views differ only on the nisab. Once zakat is due, it is 2.5% of the value of all the gold in both.

Gold kept as savings, and jewellery that is worn

Gold kept as savings or an investment, such as bars and gold pounds, is subject to zakat once it reaches the nisab and a year has passed. Jewellery that is worn is a known difference of opinion: Egypt's Dar al-Ifta holds that no zakat is due on it, and Sheikh Abdulaziz Ibn Baz held that it is due once it reaches the nisab and a year has passed. If you choose "Jewellery I wear", the calculator shows the zakat on the view that it is due, and reminds you of the difference.

For a full example that puts cash and gold into one calculation, read Zakat on money and gold, one example worked from start to finish. For zakat on money alone, use the zakat on savings calculator.