The Raag Clock
The watch of the day
Eight pahars. Thirty-one raags. The clock that knows which belong to now.
The day is divided into eight pahars — the watches of the day — and different raags belong to different watches.
The dial follows the current watch: as the pahar turns, the raags beneath it change with it. The deep night, from midnight to the small hours, is left in silence and carries no raag.
Times follow your device's clock; the app can also follow sunrise and sunset.
The dial follows the eight pahars — the watches of the day.
Raags of this watch
- ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ devagandhaareeਬੈਰਾੜੀ bairaarheeਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ bilaaval
- ਗੂਜਰੀ goojareeਟੋਡੀ todeeਸੂਹੀ sooheeਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ bilaavalਗੋਂਡ gondਸਾਰੰਗ saarang
- ਵਡਹੰਸੁ vadahansਧਨਾਸਰੀ dhanaasareeਮਾਰੂ maaroo
- ਮਾਝ maajhਗਉੜੀ gaurheeਤਿਲੰਗ tilangਤੁਖਾਰੀ tukhaaree
- ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ sireeraagਜੈਤਸਰੀ jaitasareeਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ maalee gaurhaaਕੇਦਾਰਾ kedaaraaਬਸੰਤੁ basantਕਲਿਆਨੁ kaliaan
- ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ bihaagarhaaਸੋਰਠਿ sorathਨਟ natਮਲਾਰ malaarਕਾਨੜਾ kaanarhaaਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ jaijaavantee
- The deep night is left in silence.
- ਆਸਾ aasaaਰਾਮਕਲੀ raamakaleeਭੈਰਉ bhairauਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ prabhaatee
The whole day
Eight watches, from dawn to dawn
By the clock, each pahar is three hours, starting at 6 AM. Four watches of day, four of night — and the seventh, around midnight, carries no raag.
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1
1st pahar of day
6–9 AM
ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀਬੈਰਾੜੀਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ
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2
2nd pahar of day
9 AM–12 PM
ਗੂਜਰੀਟੋਡੀਸੂਹੀਬਿਲਾਵਲੁਗੋਂਡਸਾਰੰਗ
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3
3rd pahar of day
12–3 PM
ਵਡਹੰਸੁਧਨਾਸਰੀਮਾਰੂ
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4
4th pahar of day
3–6 PM
ਮਾਝਗਉੜੀਤਿਲੰਗਤੁਖਾਰੀ
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5
1st pahar of night
6–9 PM
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁਜੈਤਸਰੀਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾਕੇਦਾਰਾਬਸੰਤੁਕਲਿਆਨੁ
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6
2nd pahar of night
9 PM–12 AM
ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾਸੋਰਠਿਨਟਮਲਾਰਕਾਨੜਾਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ
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7
3rd pahar of night
12–3 AM
Silence
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8
4th pahar of night
3–6 AM
ਆਸਾਰਾਮਕਲੀਭੈਰਉਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ
Fixed or solar
By the clock, or by the sun
Fixed divides the day into eight three-hour watches from 6 AM — the same everywhere, every day.
Solar follows the older way: four equal watches of daylight and four of night, from your local sunrise and sunset, so the watches stretch and shrink with the season.
Sunrise and sunset are computed on the device with the NOAA solar equations. Location is optional, rounded to about 1 km, and never transmitted.
Sources
Where traditions disagree
Not every source places a raag in the same watch. Where they differ, every claim is kept with its citation — primary, variant or disputed — so you can see the disagreement rather than a single silent answer.
In the app, every raag has its own page in the Index, with its traditional time and the source of each claim, and “In this hour” gathers the raags of the current watch.
On your Home Screen
The watch, at a glance
The Raag Now widget shows the current watch on its clock face on your Home Screen, in light or dark; the medium and large sizes name its raags — never a feed, never a notification you did not ask for.
Siri: “What raag is it now”.
