Jana Ranjani is a raga in Carnatic music, the classical music of South India.
The raga is named thus because it induces a feeling of enjoyment (Jana – People and Ranjani – can be enjoyed by people) among the rasikas (audience).
It is a Vakra sampoorna – Audava ragam i.e. the ascending scale has all the notes in a zig-zag manner and the descending scale has five notes.
Its Arohana–Avarohana structure is as follows:[1] Arohana: S R₂ G₃ M₁ P D₂ P N₃ Ṡ[a] Avarohana: Ṡ D₂ P M₁ R₂ S[b] This section covers the theoretical and scientific aspect of this rāga.
[2] Unless sung with perfect sangathis and pidis, it is highly difficult to differentiate between the two.