Chawrasia, who had 70-72 in the first two rounds, carded 73-73 for the final two rounds.
Henrik Stenson was leading at 15-under with nine more holes to play, while Darren Fichardt and Raphael Jacquelin were at 13-under with nine and seven holes to play.
Sergio Garcia and Thorbjorn Olesen were at 12-under, while Kiradech Aphinbarnrat was at 10-under with around half of the final round still to be played.
The second-round leaders had to play 36 holes today after just four hours and nine minutes of play was possible on day three at Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof.