Which swar is known as Pancham in Sargam?

Q. Which swar is known as Pancham in Sargam?
Answer: Pa
Notes: Thaats may consist of up to seven scale degrees, or swara. Hindustani musicians name these pitches using a system called Sargam, the equivalent of the Western movable do solfege:

Sa (saroj) = Do
Re (Rishabh) = Re
Ga (Gandhara) = Mi
Ma (Madhyama) = Fa
Pa (Pancham) = So
Dha (Dhaivat) = La
Ni (Nishād) = Ti
Sa (saroj) = Do

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