[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935) › c8.9 # Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.9 Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c8.9 - **Language:** English ### [c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.9) It is in the \*Saṅgīta-makaranda\* that we find, for the first time, a classification of melodies according to their proper hours for singing. In this text, melodies are divided into solar or daytime rāgas, and lunar (\*candramāṃsja\*) or nocturnal rāgas. According to this text (Ch. III, 10-23), the time-table of the melodies is indicated below: - [Previous: c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.8) - [Next: c8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.10) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1935.c8.9) · Pramāṇa