SR22
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 79; Flight Crew Total 814; Flight Crew Type 619
Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Diverted
Weather
Enroute from to ZZZ1.  Passed through moderate rain and mild turbulence.  Conditions were clearing.  Initial descent; already received ATIS for ZZZ1; 22 minutes out; and entering ILS XX in FMS.Entered cloud and received lightning strike.  Had initial odor of melting plastic and haze in rear compartment which cleared; turned out to be a piece of melted carpet covering foot peg bracket.  High oil pressure indicator displayed but all engine parameters normal.  Avionics radios all functioned without a glitch.  No fire.  Requested precautionary diversion to ZZZ which was 22 miles south and landed Runway XY; localizer approach-uneventful.  Taxied to parking and shutdown.  Spoke with Tower thanking them for their calm reassuring guidance; because even though absolutely everything was working normally I was unsure/nervous about what might happen next after a lightning strike.  Fortunately nothing on this mission.  Relied on NEXRAD and actually just entered VMC prior to strike which made it more startling.I filed this as I didn't know how else a lightning strike incident would get into database and I felt it is an important statistic.
SR22 pilot reported being hit by lightning strike during descent resulting in a diversion.