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| There is an inextricable link between music and our moods. A lullaby soothes us to sleep; a love song arouses our amorousness; pop music sets our feet tapping; while devotional songs evoke our spirituality. Our sages and musicologists of yore studied this relationship between music and the human psyche and evolved raags that linked our changing moods to changes in nature.
| | Raags are used in Sikh music simply to create a mood, and are not restricted to particular times. A mood can be created by the music of the raag regardless of the time of day. |
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| What emerged was what we refer to as the time cycle of raags. According to this theory there is a special raag for each period of the day., representing each mood. Such a finely tuned understanding of the mood created by different musical notes does not exist in any system of music, anywhere in the world.
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| The first cycle raag corresponds to that twilight hour, just before dawn, when the colour of the sky begins to change, the last to the velvety night, after sunset. When you see the changing colours of the sky at the break of the day or the glorious hues of sunset, you may feel the same quiet wonder at the sheer beauty of nature, yet that you experience at daybreak may be different from your reactions to dusk.
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| Another interesting aspect of raag and Gurbani classification is understood by studying daily time-cycles. A raag has a preferred timing associated with it. There are some morning raags, evening raags, afternoon raags, etc. The timings of raags also complement the changes in human moods and heart during a twenty-four hour time cycle.
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| Upon classification of thirty-one main raags used in [[Guru Granth Sahib]] based on the prescribed raag timings, we find that no raags fall under the time zone 12 AM - 3 AM. It is interesting that the Gurus chose not to use any raag with this time cycle because one would normally sleep or engaged in your meditation or [[nitnem]]during this period.
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| ==Day Time==
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| |width=15%|<big>6 - 9 am</big>
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| |width=15%|<big>9 - 12 am</big>
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| |width=15%|<big>12 - 3 pm</big>
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| |width=15%|<big>3 - 6 pm</big>
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| |<b>Period 1 (D1)</b> ||<b>Period 2 (D2)</b> ||<b>Period 3 (D3)</b> ||<b>Period 4 (D4)</b>
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| |[[Bhairari]] ||[[Sarang]] ||[[Vadhans]] ||[[Maajh]]
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| |[[Devgandhari]] ||[[Suhi]] ||[[Maru]] ||[[Gauri]]
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| | ||[[Bilaval]] ||[[Dhanasari]] ||[[Tukhari]]
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| | ||[[Gujri]] ||[[Tilang]] ||
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| ==Night Time==
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| |width=15%|<big>6 - 9 pm</big>
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| |width=15%|<big>9 - 12 pm</big>
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| |width=15%|<big>12 - 3 am</big>
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| |<b>Period 1 (N1)</b> ||<b>Period 2 (N2)</b> ||<b>Period 3 (N3)</b> ||<b>Period 4 (N4)</b>
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| |[[Sri Raag]] ||[[Bihaagara]] || [[Jaijawanti]] ||[[Aasa]]
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| |[[Basant]] ||[[Nat-Naraayan]] || [[Bhairaav]] ||[[Raamkali]]
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| |[[Maali-Gaura]] ||[[Sorath]] || ||[[Parbhati]]
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| |[[Jaitasari]] ||[[Malaar]] || ||
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| |[[Kedaara]] ||[[Kaanra]] || ||
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| ==Seasonal Raags ==
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| Seasonal ragas to be sung during the particular season (at any time of the day and night) are [[Malar]] in the rainy season (July to September), and [[Basant]] in the spring season (March and April). If sung out of season, the timing indicated above should be followed.
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| ==See Also==
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| * [[Ragas]]
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| * [[Sikh Ragas]]
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| * [[Feelings Of Ragas]]
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| * [[Kirtan]]
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| * [[Sikh Kirtan]]
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| * [[Taal]]
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| * [[Saaj]]
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| * [[Ragmala]]
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://fateh.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/gurbani.nsf/Table+of+Contents Indian Classical Music And Sikh Kirtan by Gobind Singh Mansukhani (M.A., LL.B, Ph.D.) © 1982]
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| * [http://www.gurmatsangeetproject.com/Pages/introductionToGurmatSangeet.asp Gurmatsangeet]
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| * [http://allaboutsikhs.com/gurbani/raags/index.htm The Various Raags AllAboutSikhs.com]
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| * [http://www.sikhreview.org/july2001/heritage2.htm Article by Amrit Kirtan Trust]
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| {{kirtan}}
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| [[Category:Kirtan]]
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| [[Category:Gurmat Sangeet]]
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