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Udhaya Ravi Candrika

Indian Classical Raga

Udayaravichandrika, also called Shuddha Dhanyasi, is an audava (pentatonic) janya raga of Carnatic music, considered a janya of Kharaharapriya (the 22nd melakarta). It corresponds to the minor pentatonic scale in Western music and is close to Dhani in Hindustani music. Its prati-madhyamam equivalent is Sumanesaranjani.

Scale

ArohanamS G2 M1 P N2 S
AvarohanamS N2 P M1 G2 S
Alternate
S G1 M1 P N1 S
↑SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'↓SR1R2G2G3M1M2PD1D2N2N3S'
Tradition
Carnatic
Mela
22
Parent Raga
Kharaharapriya

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Close relatives

Ragas whose scale differs from Udhaya Ravi Candrika's by a note or two.

Janya ragas of Kharaharapriya

Other ragas derived from the same parent melakarta (mela 22)