A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Bhairavi
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
-
The most prominent note of a raga
Vadi
/
The second most prominent note of a raga
Samvadi:
, 
Categorization based on number of notes used in aroh and avaroh
Jati:
Containing 5 notes
Audav
-
Containing 6 notes
Shadav
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Shant (Serene, Peaceful)
Chandrakauns is one of the most recently created ragas. It is created by replacing
A flat note
komal
 of Malkauns with
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 . This raga can’t be grouped under any of the presently accepted thaats. Still it is grouped under Bhairavi
A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
thaat
 as it originated from Malkauns, which is from Bhairavi thaat. It is one of the Kouns variants. Only and are the komal notes in this raga. Both and are avoided, but gets used as a
Note that is not part of the raga but used to enhance the presentation
vivadi
 note sometimes, in higher octave, during
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
. The phrases can be in all three octaves. There is one more Chandrakouns called Kafi Thaat Chandrakauns or Bageshree
Style of presenting based on another raga
ang
 Chandrakauns, which is considered an older form.