Chinese New Year is February 17, 2026. January 1 through February 16 still belongs to lunar year 2025. The chart uses your age and month at conception, even if the baby is due in another year.
Download the 2026 calendar PDF
This two-page PDF keeps the full chart, Gregorian-to-lunar month dates, lookup instructions and source notes together. Choose your paper size and print at actual size or 100% scale.
Free for personal reference. The traditional chart is for entertainment, not a medical prediction.
Find the lunar month for your date
Use the estimated conception date, not the due date. This table shows the part of each lunar month that falls within Gregorian year 2026. The first and last rows are partial months.
| Gregorian dates (inclusive) | Lunar year | Lunar month |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 18, 2026 * | 2025 | 11 |
| Jan 19, 2026 to Feb 16, 2026 | 2025 | 12 |
| Feb 17, 2026 to Mar 18, 2026 | 2026 | 1 |
| Mar 19, 2026 to Apr 16, 2026 | 2026 | 2 |
| Apr 17, 2026 to May 16, 2026 | 2026 | 3 |
| May 17, 2026 to Jun 14, 2026 | 2026 | 4 |
| Jun 15, 2026 to Jul 13, 2026 | 2026 | 5 |
| Jul 14, 2026 to Aug 12, 2026 | 2026 | 6 |
| Aug 13, 2026 to Sep 10, 2026 | 2026 | 7 |
| Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026 | 2026 | 8 |
| Oct 10, 2026 to Nov 8, 2026 | 2026 | 9 |
| Nov 9, 2026 to Dec 8, 2026 | 2026 | 10 |
| Dec 9, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026 * | 2026 | 11 |
* Only days within 2026 are shown. Lunar month 11 of 2025 starts in December 2025; lunar month 11 of 2026 continues into January 2027. There is no leap lunar month within Gregorian year 2026.
The complete 2026 Chinese gender chart
The traditional matrix is the same each year. The changing lunar dates above determine which column you use. Find the mother’s lunar age at conception in rows 18 to 45, then read across to the lunar month. B means Boy and G means Girl.
Read across from the mother’s lunar age to the lunar month of conception. Months 1 to 12 are lunar months, not January to December.
| Lunar age | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | G | 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 | G | 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 |
For entertainment only. One commonly circulated version. Other charts may differ. See our source and leap-month rule.
How to use the calendar
- Find your estimated conception date in the month table above.
- Calculate your lunar age on that date. The count is one at birth, then increases at each Chinese New Year.
- Read the chart cell where that age and lunar month meet.
For a mother born June 15, 1995, conception on May 1, 2026 falls in lunar year 2026, month 3. Her lunar age is 32, and row 32, column 3 reads Boy in this chart. This is a lookup example, not evidence about an actual pregnancy. The Chinese gender predictor converts both dates automatically and explains the result.
Why the New Year boundary matters
February 16, 2026 is in lunar year 2025, month 12. February 17 is in lunar year 2026, month 1. The traditional age count also increases at that boundary. Moving a date by one day can change two chart coordinates. Do not substitute January 1 for Chinese New Year or use a regular age without converting it.
Due in 2027? You may need the 2026 calendar
Choose the calendar for the estimated conception year. For example, a due date of January 22, 2027 gives an estimated conception date of May 1, 2026 when we subtract 266 days. That lookup uses lunar month 3 of 2026, not the month of birth in 2027.
This subtraction is an approximation, not a way to identify the actual conception day. If you only know the due date, the calculator’s Due date option handles the estimate. You can compare the 2026 month dates and 2027 month dates here.
Does a year-specific chart improve accuracy?
It helps you look up the right lunar dates. It does not make the gender guess more reliable. Research has not found this method more reliable than chance. A different result on another website can come from another chart version, age convention or leap-month rule.
Calendar sources and chart rules
Dates are generated with lunar-javascript and checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s 2026 conversion table. Our method page identifies the chart version and explains the leap-month convention. These sources do not endorse the gender-prediction claim.