Planting Seasons

Planting Seasons in Tamil Nadu

Navarai
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
Dec - Jan	< 120	Short duration varieties	Tiruvallur, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Karur, Nagapattinam, Madurai, Theni, Salem, Namakkal, Dindigul, Dharmapuri, Coimbatore, Erode and Pudukkottai districts.

Sornavari
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
Apr - May	< 120	Short duration varieties	Tiruvallur, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Namakkal and Dharmapuri districts.

Kar
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
May - June	< 120	Short duration varieties	Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Tuticorin, Erode, Coimbatore, Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Salem, Namakkal and Dharmapuri districts.

Kuruvai
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
June - July	< 120	Short duration varieties	Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Karur, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai and Erode districts.

Early Samba
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
July - Aug	130 to 135	Medium and long duration varieties	Tiruvallur, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Salem, Namakkal, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Madurai, Theni, Ramanathapuram, Dharmapuri, Coimbatore, Erode, Pudukkottai and Nilgiris districts.

Samba
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
August	130 – 135 and >150	Medium and long duration varieties	All districts

Late Samba/Thaladi/Pishanam/Late Pishanam
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
Sept - Oct	130 – 135	Medium and long duration varieties	Tiruvallur, Madurai, Theni, Coimbatore, Erode, Dindigul, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts.

Late Thaladi
Month of Sowing	Duration (Days)	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
Oct - Nov	115 -120	Medium and long duration varieties	Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur and Karur districts.

Planting Seasons in Kerala

Virippu (I crop / autumn)
Period		Region / kind of land	Suitable Varieties
From	To
April - May	Sept - Oct	Upland (Modan land), Palliyals (Myals), Pokkali area, Deep ill-drained regions of southern districts, Waterlogged and flooded areas, Onattukara and coastal sandy areas and Chitoor black soil areas.	Short and Medium duration varieties are preferred.

Mundakan (II crop / winter)
Period		Region / kind of land	Suitable Varieties
From	To
Sept - Oct	Dec - Jan	Double crop wet lands, Deep ill-drained regions of southern districts, Oorumundakan , Onattukara, coastal sandy areas, kole area (single cropped area), Kaippad, Eastern lateritic regions of Kollam, Alappuzha districts and Chitoor black soil	Short, Medium and Long duration varieties are preferred.

Puncha (III crop / summer)
Period		Region / kind of land	Suitable Varieties
From	To
Dec - Jan	Mar - Apr	Double crop wet lands, Kuttanad area, Kaippad, Onattukara, high ranges and coastal sandy areas	Short and Medium duration varieties are preferred.

Planting Seasons in Karnataka

Kharif
Month	Sowing Time	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
April – September	Up to June	Short, Medium and Long duration varieties.	North-East Transition and dry zone, North-East and Northern dry zone, Northern Transition zone, Heavy rainfall (malnad) region.

Rabi
Month	Sowing Time	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
October – December	Up to last week of October	Short and Medium duration varieties.	Coastal region

Summer/Zaid
Month	Sowing Time	Suitable varieties	Cultivating places
January – March	Up to last week of January	Short and Medium duration varieties.	North-East Transition and dry zone, North-East and Northern dry zone, Northern Transition zone, Heavy rainfall (malnad) region.