Chinese gender predictor
Read the traditional lunar gender chart from your birth date and conception date.
Direct answer: the chart looks up your traditional lunar age at conception against the lunar month you conceived. It is centuries-old folklore, not a diagnostic method—enjoy it as a fun tradition alongside your ultrasound.
This tool uses your traditional lunar age at conception and the calendar month you conceived, standing in for the lunar month most published charts use. It is a folklore chart for fun, not a scientific method.
Add both dates to read the chart.
A tradition, not a test
The Chinese gender chart has been shared at baby showers and gender-reveal parties for generations. It pairs your lunar age at conception with the lunar month of conception to return a simple boy-or-girl answer.
Because there are only two outcomes, guessing alone lands correct about half the time, and that is roughly what research finds for folklore charts like this one. The only medically reliable ways to learn a baby's sex are an anatomy ultrasound, NIPT or other prenatal genetic testing, or amniocentesis—ask your care team which timeline fits your pregnancy.
Common questions
How accurate is the Chinese gender chart?
Not clinically accurate. Because the outcome is essentially binary, chance alone gives roughly 50% accuracy, and no controlled study has shown the chart performs better than that. Treat it as a cultural tradition, not a prediction method.
What is lunar age?
Traditional East Asian age reckoning counts a baby as one year old at birth and adds a year at each Lunar New Year, so lunar age usually runs one to two years ahead of Western age. This tool approximates it from your birth date.
Does the chart use my due date or conception date?
Conception date. The chart is traditionally read using the mother's lunar age and the lunar month at conception, not the baby's due date.
Where did the Chinese gender chart come from?
Popular legend says it was found in a royal tomb near Beijing during the Qing dynasty, though historians have not verified that origin. It has circulated as a folklore chart for generations regardless.
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