The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c8.64

c8.64

The modern custom which lays down this hard and fast law seems to differ widely from that of all the ancient authorities, the names of the râgas now apportioned to the different periods of the day being quite at variance with the directions contained in the Sanskrit; indeed, the writer of each treatise seems to have had a classification of his own distinct from that of other authorities. At the present time musicians divide the twenty-four hours of the day into four periods, each of which is sub-divided into two parts. The following table shows at a glance the hours appointed for the performance of the popular râgas according to the Karnâtik system:—