It is the 1st ragam in the 12th chakra Aditya. The mnemonic name is Aditya-Pa. The mnemonic phrase is sa ru gu mi pa dha na.Its arohana-avarohana structure is as follows
Arohana: S R3 G3 M2 P D1 N1 S'
Avarohana: S' N1 D1 P M2 G3 R3 S
The swaras used in this scale are shatsruthi rishabham, antara gandharam, prati madhyamam, shuddha dhaivatham and shuddha nishadham. Sucharitra, being a melakarta ragam, by definition is a sampoorna ragam. It is the prati madhyamam equivalent of Yagapriya, which is the 31st melakarta scale
Janya ragams
Sucharitra currently has no janya ragam associated with it. See List of janya ragams for those janyas associated with other melakarta ragams.
Sucharitra
S R3 G3 M2 P D1 N1 S'
S' N1 D1 P M2 G3 R3 S
Santhana Manjari
S R3 G3 M2 P D1 S'
S' N1 D1 P M2 R3 S