Midnight — Malkauns

vata night / spacious resonance

Malkauns is used as a representative midnight raga and closes the displayed cycle at a low pelvic focus. The spacious vata language belongs to the cross-tradition rendering and should not be mistaken for a historical raga-organ correspondence.

Pre-dawn — BhairavMorning — BilawalLate morning — TodiAfternoon — MultaniEvening — YamanLate evening — BageshriMidnight — MalkaunsMidnight — Malkauns

Point 7 of 7 in Ragas — Body Hours

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Alain Daniélou, The Ragas of Northern Indian Music (secondary)

Raga-theory reference for Malkauns and night associations; it does not establish this body coordinate.

Vāgbhaṭa, Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdaya, Sūtrasthāna (primary_canonical)

Classical daily-regimen material supplies the doṣa-clock context; it does not document this raga or organ placement.

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