Chinese Lunar Pregnancy Calendar
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Chinese Lunar Pregnancy Calendar History
The legend goes that a Chinese scientist developed the Chinese Lunar Pregnancy Calendar 700 years ago, as a means of helping a pregnant woman predict the sex of her baby. The Chinese Lunar Pregnancy Calendar was found in a Royal tomb in the vicinity of Peking, China, and now the original calendar is kept in the Institute of Science in Peking.
| Age/Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | G | B | G | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| 19 | B | G | B | G | G | B | B | B | B | B | G | G |
| 20 | G | B | G | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B |
| 21 | B | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G |
| 22 | G | B | B | G | B | G | G | B | G | G | G | G |
| 23 | B | B | G | B | B | G | B | G | B | B | B | G |
| 24 | B | G | B | B | G | B | B | G | G | G | G | G |
| 25 | G | B | B | G | G | B | G | B | B | B | B | B |
| 26 | B | G | B | G | G | B | G | B | G | G | G | G |
| 27 | G | B | G | B | G | G | B | B | B | B | G | B |
| 28 | B | G | B | G | G | G | B | B | B | B | G | G |
| 29 | G | B | G | G | B | B | B | B | B | G | G | G |
| 30 | B | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | B | B |
| 31 | B | G | B | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | B |
| 32 | B | G | B | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | B |
| 33 | G | B | B | B | G | G | G | B | G | G | G | B |
| 34 | B | G | B | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | B | B |
| 35 | B | B | G | B | G | G | G | B | G | G | B | B |
| 36 | G | B | B | G | B | G | G | G | B | B | B | B |
| 37 | B | G | B | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B |
| 38 | G | B | G | B | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G |
| 39 | B | G | B | B | B | G | G | B | G | B | G | G |
| 40 | G | B | G | B | G | B | B | G | B | G | B | G |
| 41 | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | B | G | B | G | B |
| 42 | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | B | G | B | G |
| 43 | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | B | B | B |
| 44 | B | B | G | B | B | B | G | B | G | B | G | G |
| 45 | G | B | B | G | G | G | B | G | B | G | B | B |
How The Chinese Lunar Calendar Works
The numbers down the left side of the above chart represents the mother’s age at the time she conceived. The months across the top of the chart represent the month when the mother conceived. By following across and down to where the month and age intersect, the mother will find either a box containing a B for boy or a G for girl. For example, if a 32-year-old woman conceived in January, her baby would be a boy.
Accuracy
The Chinese Lunar Calendar is supposedly 99 percent accurate. Unfortunately, no instructions were passed down on how the calendar works when predicting the sexes of multiples.
Try your luck at predicting the sex of your baby and post the results under the Discussion tab for this article.
Other Sex Predictors
Other wives’ tales concerning the prediction of a baby’s sex include:
- Carrying the baby high means the baby is a girl and carrying low means it is a boy.
- A heartbeat over 140 is typically a girl and under 140 is a boy.
- Craving sweets means the mother is expecting a girl.
- Of the father puts on weight during the pregnancy, then the couple is expecting a girl.
These are just a few of the many ways couples have tried to predict the sex of an unborn baby. Use the Discussion tab for this article to share your favorite sex predictors, or write an article.
Comments
Tami, you are 33 based on the lunar calendar. According to the chart above, you are likely to conceive a girl right now and in November and conceive a boy in December.
-- Contributed by: HollySwansonIf my birthdate is 5/11/76 what is my lunar age right now 10/10/08?
-- Contributed by: TamiMia, right now you are 29, but after your next birthday you will be 30. In 2009, the chart indicates you can try to conceive a boy in January.
-- Contributed by: HollySwansonThis page has been accessed 33,136 times. This page was last modified 23:42, 12 October 2008.
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