Qing Palace chart (清宮表) folklore look-up. Enter the mother's birth date and the conception date; it derives the lunar age + lunar month and matches the traditional chart. For entertainment & cultural reference only — no medical or scientific basis.
Qing Palace Gender Chart (Folklore)
- The Qing Palace chart is folklore for entertainment & cultural reference only.
- It has NO medical or scientific validity (accuracy ≈ a 50% coin-flip).
- A baby's sex is set by chromosomes at conception and cannot be foreseen from a lunar month or age.
- Never use it for medical decisions or sex selection; consult a doctor with any questions.
- Prenatal sex disclosure / selection is legally restricted in some jurisdictions (e.g. India's PCPNDT Act) — follow your local law.
How to use
Enter the mother's Gregorian birth date
Pick the mother's Gregorian (solar) birth date. The tool converts it to a lunar year, which is needed to work out her lunar age at conception. Everything runs locally in your browser.
Enter the conception / trying date
Pick the Gregorian conception (or trying) date. The tool converts it to the matching lunar month (1–12), which becomes the column used to read the Qing Palace chart.
Read the chart match
Using "lunar age × lunar month", the tool looks up the traditional Qing Palace grid (lunar age 18–45 × lunar months 1–12), shows that cell's boy / girl entry, and highlights the full row for context.
Treat the result as entertainment
The result is just a look-up from a folklore chart, with no scientific link to the real sex (accuracy ≈ 50%). Never use it for medical decisions or sex selection, and follow your local law.
The Qing Palace Chart: A Piece of Folk Tradition
The Qing Palace chart (清宮表, also called the Qing Palace gender chart) is a widely circulated traditional folklore look-up table in Chinese communities. It is said to have come from the Qing-dynasty court, and it is read as a grid: the mother's lunar age (conventionally 18 to 45 in the chart) forms the rows, the lunar month of conception (1 to 12) forms the columns, and the cell where they meet simply reads "boy" or "girl". Many expectant parents look it up out of curiosity and cultural fun — a light-hearted talking point during pregnancy. This tool digitises that chart: you enter the mother's Gregorian birth date and the conception date, and it converts both into a lunar age and a lunar month, then reads off the matching cell and highlights the whole row so you can see the chart in context.
How it works — and why it has no scientific basis
The logic here is pure table look-up: it converts the dates to the lunar calendar, computes "conception lunar year − birth lunar year + 1" as the lunar age, uses the conception lunar month as the column, and reads the pre-written cell from the Qing Palace grid. There is no randomness, no network call, and no AI anywhere — so the same inputs always give the same answer. But it is essential to understand that the chart itself has no medical or scientific basis whatsoever. A baby's sex is fixed at the moment of conception by whether the fertilising sperm carries an X or a Y chromosome — a biological fact that has no causal relationship with the mother's age or the lunar month of conception. Because the outcome is simply boy-or-girl, any chart of this kind hovers around 50% accuracy over many cases — no better than a coin-flip. Treating it as cultural entertainment is the only correct frame of mind.
"The Qing Palace chart is folk fun, not a medical tool — a child's sex is decided by chromosomes, and no month or age can change that."
Two lines you must take seriously
First, never use it for any medical decision or for sex selection. Every pregnancy, prenatal, and health-related judgement belongs with a qualified doctor and proper medical examination, not a folklore chart. Second, respect and follow your local law: many countries and regions place clear legal restrictions on prenatal sex disclosure and sex selection — for example India's PCPNDT Act (the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act) prohibits prenatal sex determination carried out for the purpose of sex selection, in order to curb sex discrimination and gender imbalance. Even though this tool is purely an entertainment chart and performs no medical diagnosis, we ask you to use it responsibly, in a spirit that respects life and gender equality. All computation runs locally in your browser — no date you enter is uploaded or stored. Enjoy it lightly, as one small cultural moment in the pregnancy journey.
10 Facts about the Qing Palace Chart
Studies put the chart's accuracy at about 50% — the same as a coin-flip. Because the outcome is simply boy-or-girl, any such chart tends toward random over many cases, which is direct evidence it has no scientific basis.
A baby's sex is fixed at the instant of conception — decided by whether the sperm carries an X (girl) or Y (boy) chromosome, with no causal link to the mother's age or any lunar month.
The chart uses 虛歲 (lunar/nominal age), not your birthday age. 虛歲 counts you as 1 at birth; this tool derives it from lunar years, so it can differ from your usual age by 1–2 years.
The chart's columns are lunar months, not solar months. The tool converts your Gregorian conception date to lunar first; a leap month maps to its base month number for the look-up.
Many versions of the chart circulate online, often disagreeing on ranges and individual cells. This tool uses the most common "lunar age 18–45 × lunar months 1–12" version — 28 rows by 12 columns.
The claim that the chart "came from the Qing court and was kept in the Forbidden City" lacks reliable historical evidence; it reads more like later folklore than a documented source.
The only reliable way to determine a baby's sex is medical (e.g. ultrasound or genetic testing), under a doctor's guidance and within local law — never a look-up chart.
Many jurisdictions legally restrict prenatal sex disclosure and selection — e.g. India's PCPNDT Act — to curb sex discrimination and gender imbalance. Respect such laws when using any related tool.
The tool runs entirely in your browser with no randomness, no network, and no AI. The same two dates always give the same cell — a purely deterministic look-up.
The healthiest frame is cultural entertainment: the chart is part of Chinese folklore and makes a fun talking point in pregnancy, but it should never sway your emotions, expectations, or any decision.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Its long-run accuracy is about 50% — the same as a coin-flip. A baby's sex is decided by chromosomes at conception and has no causal link to the mother's age or the lunar month. Treat it as folklore and cultural entertainment, nothing more.
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No. The chart has no medical or scientific basis, is not a medical tool, and cannot replace any examination. The only reliable way to confirm a baby's sex is medical (e.g. ultrasound, genetic testing), under a doctor's guidance and within local law.
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No. It is an entertainment-only folklore chart with no influence on sex, and must never be treated as a basis for sex selection. Note too that many jurisdictions legally restrict prenatal sex disclosure and selection (e.g. India's PCPNDT Act) — please respect life and gender equality and follow your local law.
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The traditional chart is laid out by 虛歲 (lunar age). 虛歲 counts you as 1 in your birth year and adds a year each Lunar New Year, so it can be 1–2 years more than your birthday age. The tool computes it from the lunar years of the mother's and the conception dates to match how the chart is traditionally used.
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It uses the lunar month. You enter a Gregorian (solar) conception date, and the tool converts it to the matching lunar month (1–12) for the look-up; if the date falls in a leap month, it maps to that month's base number.
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The chart only covers lunar ages 18 to 45. If your conception lunar age falls outside that, the tool shows no boy/girl result and instead notes the chart's range — a reminder that it is just a limited folklore table.
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No. All conversion and look-up happen locally in your browser, with no server calls and no storage of any date you enter. RECATOOLS enforces zero-tracking and zero-storage for sensitive inputs like these.
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The "from the Qing court, kept in the Forbidden City" origin story is widely repeated but lacks reliable historical evidence — it reads more like later folklore. Its cultural charm is genuine, but its "royal pedigree", like its "accuracy", should not be taken seriously.
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Two reasons: (1) the charts circulating online are different versions, disagreeing on some cells and ranges; (2) the way lunar age and lunar month are converted (lunar-year basis, leap-month handling) also changes the cell. This tool uses common lunar conversion and the 18–45 × 1–12 version.
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Remember it has no accuracy at all and should not affect your feelings. Every child is equally worth welcoming and cherishing. If you have any concerns about your pregnancy, talk to a doctor — a folklore chart is never worth any anxiety.
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