A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Kalyan
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Late evening
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 6 notes
Shadav
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Bhakti (Devotion), Shringar (Romantic)
Kamod is a late evening raga with complex and curvy structure. Though it uses all the notes, and are weak and are used in curvy manner. All the notes are
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
, except , of which both the forms are used. Shuddha is used both in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
 while
A sharp note
tivra
 is used only along with , in
Ascending movement of notes
arohi
 manner like /. The usual aroh will have in the
Notes lower than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
poorvang
 and in the
Notes higher than M or P (depending on the point of view) of the middle octave
uttarang
. In / phrase, will have the grace of shuddha . The avaroh will usually have phrase. Some scholars also use komal as a
Note that is not part of the raga but used to enhance the presentation
vivadi
 note.