Chinese Lunar Pregnancy Calendar

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Among the many wives’ tales and legends, the Chinese Lunar Pregnancy Calendar is reported to be one of the more accurate means of unscientific sex prediction.

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.

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Chinese Lunar Pregnancy Calendar
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

Amutha, can you let me know what month you are referring to? Is it November and October? Cultures write dates differently and I'm not sure if you mean 11/10 as November 10 or October 11?

-- Contributed by: HollySwanson
my last lmp was 11/10/2007.but we do sex on 08/11/2007. i want to know what sex of baby, n weni is my due -- Contributed by: amutha a/p raya retinam

Miza,

according to the lunar calendar, you are 38 so you can try to conceive a boy in July and September.

-- Contributed by: HollySwanson
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