Crop Seasons in India

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Each crop has its own sowing and harvesting seasons and it is important to have a knowledge of this which may help to decide the total water demand in a field having mixed crops.
In India, the northern and north-eastern regions have two distinct cropping seasons. The first coinciding mostly with the South-western monsoon is called kharif, which spans mostly from July to October. The other, called rabi, spans generally over October to March.
The summer season crops are planted sometime between April and June. In southern part of India, there is no such distinct season, but each region has its own classification of seasons. Generally, the kharif is characterized by a gradual fall in temperature, more numerous cloudy days, low intensity, high relative humidity and cyclonic weather. During Rabi, there is a gradual rise in temperature, bright sunshine, near absence of cloud days, and a lower relative humidity.
The following table indicates some the regional cropping calendars in India.

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