Find Your Fit

Size Guide

How to measure your bangle size at home, with Indian bangle sizes converted to millimetres and inches.

In a hurry

The most common Indian bangle size is 2-6 (60 mm inside). Petite hands usually take 2-4, fuller hands 2-8. If you are gifting and cannot measure, 2-6 is the safe choice.

Bangles

A bangle is a closed circle, so it is sized to the widest part of the hand it has to pass over, not to the wrist. Two ways to find your size, either one takes a minute.

Method 1 · Measure your hand

1
Make a beak
Bring your fingers and thumb together tightly, as if slipping your hand through a bangle.
2
Wrap the widest point
Pass a soft tape, or a strip of paper you then lay against a ruler, around the knuckles at their widest. Keep the hand relaxed but the fingers pressed together.
3
Read it off
Note the circumference in centimetres and find it in the hand circumference chart below.

Method 2 · Measure a bangle that fits

1
Lay it on a ruler
Take a bangle you already wear comfortably and place it flat on a ruler.
2
Measure the inside
Read the distance across the inner edge, not the outer. The outer edge can be one or two sizes larger on a thick bangle.
3
Read it off
Find that measurement in the inner diameter chart below.

By inner diameter

Indian bangle sizes with inner diameter in millimetres and inches
Indian size	Inner diameter (mm)	Inner diameter (in)
2-2	54	2.125
2-3	56	2.200
2-4	57	2.250
2-5	59	2.325
2-6	60	2.375
2-7	62	2.437
2-8	63	2.500
2-9	65	2.562
2-10	67	2.625
2-11	68	2.687
2-12	70	2.750

By hand circumference

Indian bangle sizes by hand circumference in centimetres and inches
Indian size	Hand circumference (cm)	Hand circumference (in)
2-2	17.0 – 17.5	6.7 – 6.9
2-3	17.5 – 18.0	6.9 – 7.1
2-4	18.0 – 18.5	7.1 – 7.3
2-5	18.5 – 19.0	7.3 – 7.5
2-6	19.0 – 19.5	7.5 – 7.7
2-7	19.5 – 20.0	7.7 – 7.9
2-8	20.0 – 20.5	7.9 – 8.1
2-9	20.5 – 21.0	8.1 – 8.3
2-10	21.0 – 21.5	8.3 – 8.5
2-11	21.5 – 22.0	8.5 – 8.7
2-12	22.0 – 22.5	8.7 – 8.9

Reading the numbers. Indian bangle sizes are inches written in sixteenths: 2-4 is 2 and 4⁄16 inches (2.25″, 57 mm) across the inside, 2-6 is 2 and 6⁄16 (2.375″, 60 mm), 2-8 is 2 and 8⁄16 (2.5″, 63 mm). Some sellers write them with a dot, 2.4 and 2.6, meaning the same thing.

Tips for an accurate measurement

Measure in the evening at room temperature. Hands swell in heat and shrink in cold, and a bangle sized on a cold morning can refuse to pass in July.
Measure the hand you will actually wear the piece on. The two hands are rarely the same size.
Take the measurement two or three times on different days. If they disagree, choose the larger size.
Stacking four or more bangles on one wrist? Consider going half a size up so the set moves freely.
Between two sizes, size up: a bangle must clear the knuckles, and on the wrist a little room is how it is meant to sit.

Questions about sizing

What is the most common Indian bangle size?: 2-6, a 60 mm inner diameter. Most women fit somewhere between 2-4 and 2-8. If you are buying a gift and cannot measure, 2-6 is the safe choice.
What do the numbers like 2-4 or 2-6 mean?: They are inches, written in sixteenths. 2-4 is 2 and 4/16 inches (2.25″, or 57 mm) across the inside of the bangle; 2-6 is 2 and 6/16 (2.375″, 60 mm); 2-8 is 2.5″ (63 mm). The scale is sometimes called the anna system.
Can a bangle be resized?: Most cannot: a closed bangle has no clasp to adjust and its surface work would be disturbed by cutting. Measure before ordering, and ask Customer Care if you are between sizes.
My knuckles are large. Which measurement do I use?: The widest point of the hand with the fingers pressed together, which for most people is across the knuckles. The bangle only has to pass that point once; on the wrist it will then sit loose, which is how it is meant to sit.
Do sizes vary between brands?: Slightly. The chart here is what EverLush pieces are made to; another maker's 2-6 may run a millimetre either way. When in doubt, measure the inner diameter of a bangle that already fits.

Still unsure between two sizes? Tell Customer Care your measurement and the piece you have in mind, and we will advise before you order. Remember that our pieces are final sale, so the measurement is worth the minute.