A basis for the organisation and classification of ragas depending on the notes used
Thaat:
Kalyan
Preferred time or season for playing
Time:
Early 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 5 notes
Audav
-
Containing 7 notes
Sampurna
Do not follow strict ascending or descending order of notes
Vakra
Emotions evoked by the raga
Mood:
Bhakti (Devotion), Shant (Serene, Peaceful), Shringar (Romantic)
Shyam kalyan is a variant of Kalyan. This raga has Kamod and Kalyan as its components. This raga omits and in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and uses all seven notes in the
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
. It uses both forms of , of which
A sharp note
tivra
 is used in
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 and
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 in
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
. The use of in
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
 is curvy like . is usually associated with the
A note played for a short duration before the main note
grace
 of
A natural note (corresponds to notes in Western major scale)
shuddha
 and with
A sharp note
tivra
 . is the key phrase. The
Ascending movement of notes
aroh
 of this raga is similar to that of raga Shuddha Sarang, but gets differentiated by the use of in
Descending movement of notes
avaroh
 and different phrasings.