Choosing a boy or girl - Chinese style |
WOMAN'S CONCEIVING AGE
Month |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 |
January | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | X | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | O |
February | X | O | X | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | O | O | X | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | X |
March | O | X | O | O | X | O | X | X | X | O | X | O | O | X | X | X | X | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | X |
April | X | O | X | O | O | X | X | O | O | X | O | O | O | O | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | X | X | O | X | O | X | O |
May | X | O | X | O | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | X | O |
June | X | X | X | O | O | O | X | X | X | O | O | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | O | O | X | O | X | O | X | O |
July | X | X | X | O | O | X | X | O | O | X | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | O | X | X | O | X | O | X |
August | X | X | X | O | X | O | O | X | X | X | X | X | O | O | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | O | X | O |
September | X | X | X | O | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | O | X |
October | X | X | O | O | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | O |
November | X | O | X | O | O | X | O | X | O | O | O | O | X | O | O | O | X | X | X | O | X | O | X | O | X | X | O | X |
December | X | O | X | O | O | O | O | X | O | X | O | O | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | O | O | O | X | O | X | O | X |
You can choose to get a boy or a girl by the chart. The woman's age from 18 to 45 years is mentioned in horizontal columns while the months when the baby is conceived. i.e. when the pregnancy starts, are indicated in the vertical columns. X stands for male and O for female. For instance if the woman is 25 years old and her baby is conceived January (according to Chinese Lunar Calendar) then the baby will be a girl.
The original copy of this chart is kept in the institute of science in Beijing. The accuracy of the chart has been proved by thousands of people and it is believed to be 99% accurate.