When to plant Chickpea in Chahna

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Chickpea is a knee-high, branching legume grown for its round, protein-rich seeds — the pea behind roasted snacks, stews and hummus.

Chickpea in Chahna, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Moderate
When to plant	17 Feb 2027 – 13 Mar 2027 opens in 20 weeks	10 Feb 2027 – 19 Feb 2027
Expected harvest	0.6–0.7 t/ha	same
Harvest	From 18 May 2027 to 10 Aug 2027, depending on the planting date
Ready to harvest	90–150 days after planting
Work it takes	56–114 days per hectare, by hand
Rain meets its needs	93%

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 17 Feb 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Chahna leans dry, so these dates sit later than the long-run average. Planting on the date you are used to risks germinating into a false start and having to replant.

Planting after 13 Mar 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Chahna

Rain and temperature	88%
The soil	96%
The lie of the land	30%

For chickpea in Chahna, the lie of the land is the tightest of the three at 30%. You cannot flatten it, but you can farm it: plant along the contour rather than up and down, ridge or tie ridges to hold water on the slope, and expect shallower rooting than the crop would manage on flat ground.

The 2026/27 season in Chahna

When the rains are expected	September 2026 to May 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 993 mm
This season's rain	Leaning dry — January, February, November and December look short of rain. Plant at the early end of the window, favour quicker and more drought-tolerant crops, and keep moisture in the soil: mulch, and weed early.
This season's heat	Hotter than usual — about +1.0 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth
Ground this covers	3 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 60% of this area.

Agro-ecological zones covering this area
60%	enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 252 growing days · about 1,020 mm · September to May
30%	enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 280 growing days · about 1,200 mm · September to June
10%	enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date 277 growing days · about 1,170 mm · September to June

last updated 18 September 2026

Sloping ground holds back about 65% of yield here.

What chickpea needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained loam, clay loam or clay soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 6.0 and 8.0
Spacing	30 cm between rows, 10 cm between plants
Feed it most with	phosphorus

What it takes to grow chickpea in Chahna

Nitrogen (N)	About 24 kg per hectare — the crop fixes most of this itself; inoculated seed matters more than a bag
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 3 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 9 kg per hectare
In the shops	A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. Skip the nitrogen top dressing; inoculated seed does that job.
Hand work	56–114 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a chickpea crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.

What to watch for

Frost riskPest/disease risk — manageableSoil pH below the crop's optimum

Grow Chickpea with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Chahna as a whole — your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates. The Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

Chickpea in nearby districts

How to grow Chickpea, step by step Land preparation to harvest — every task, in order

Frequently asked questions

Will chickpea grow well in Chahna?

Chahna rates as moderate for chickpea.

When should I plant chickpea in Chahna?

Typically 17 Feb 2027 to 13 Mar 2027, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Chahna, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.