The Chinese Lunar Calendar was discovered about 700 years ago, by a Chinese Scientist after years of research. Many in the far east put a lot of faith in it’s results, while the Western world tends to be skeptical. Regardless of whether you “believe” or not the calendar can be a lot of fun.

First you need to understand how to use it properly, if you don’t know much about the Chinese Lunar Calendar and the differences compared to the Gregorian Calendar used in the west.

First you need to know the month of conception, remember conception not birth. Some have mistakenly used the actual birth date and of course this won’t give you an accurate result, so be sure you use the month of conception!

The confusing part for most people is figuring the mothers age at conception, this is her age on the Chinese calendar not the Gregorian Calendar used in the west.

Because of the differences in these calendars, the mother should add nine months to her age at conception to begin with, and if she conceives after the Chinese New Year (it’s a different date between January 22 and February 22 every year) she should add another year. Think of the year as starting on the Chinese New Year instead of January 1st.

You then simply find the month of conception and the age of the mother using the parameters above, follow the two columns till they intersect and if the square is blue it’s a boy baby and if it’s pink it’s a girl baby.

You, of course, can find out (by way of an ultra-sound) if you will have a boy or girl in your seventh or eighth month, but if nothing else the Chinese Lunar Calendar is fun to try and you can use it on your other children or anyones children for that matter.

So have some fun with The Chinese Lunar Calendar, and remember you’re baby is a gift from above no matter what gender it!

Want to learn how to choose the gender of your next baby, visit How To Have A Baby Girl if you want a baby girl, and How To Have A Baby Boy if you want a baby boy.