Sohini is a raga in Hindustani classical music in the Marwathaat. Alternate transliterations include Sohani and Sohni. Like Bahar, it is a small raga, with not much space for elaboration. It emotes the feel of longing, of passive sensuousness.
Technical Description
Tall, virgin, charming, her eyes like lotuses, ears clustered with celestial flowers, Sohini is a lovely form. She holds a lute and her songs are amorous
The raga is of audav-shadav nature, i.e., it has five swaras (notes) in the arohana (ascent) and six in the avarohana. Rishabh (Re) is komal and Madhyam (Ma) is tivra , while all other swaras are shuddha. Pancham (Pa) is not used.
The vadi swara is Dha, and samvadi is Ga.
The rishabh is weak, but Gandhar (Ga) is strong, unlike Marwa. It is an Uttaranga pradhan raga, with the higher notes on the saptak (octave) being used more frequently.
Samay (Time)
Raga Sohini is associated with very late night / pre-dawn, the last or eighth period of day, roughly from 3-6AM.
(3 AM - 6 AM) : 4th Prahar of the Night : Sandhi-Prakash Raag[2]
^Parrikar, Rajan (18 February 2002). "The Marwa Matrix". The South Asian Women's Forum. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
