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Menstrual Cycle Calculator

Predict your next periods, ovulation day, fertile window and current cycle phase from your last period.

Open Menstrual Cycle Calculator and you get an answer straight away, with no account to create. It sits under Pregnancy & baby in our catalogue, alongside Menstrual Cycle Length Calculator and Sleep cycle calculator.

How to use it

  1. Open the tool — no signup or install needed.
  2. Enter your input or adjust the available options.
  3. Get your result instantly, then copy or download it.

Frequently asked questions

What does Menstrual Cycle Calculator do?

Predict your next periods, ovulation day, fertile window and current cycle phase from your last period.

When would I actually use this?

Placing a pregnancy on the calendar: the estimated due date, the current week, and when the usual appointments and screenings fall.

What is the most common mistake?

Reading the due date as a deadline. It is a median: fewer than one birth in twenty happens on it, and a normal term spans several weeks around it.

How is Menstrual Cycle Calculator different from Menstrual Cycle Length Calculator?

They sit next to each other but answer different questions: Menstrual Cycle Length Calculator is the one to open when you need it to average cycle length, shortest, longest and regularity from your recent period start dates. Pick whichever matches what you're starting from — both are free.

Is there a tool for the next step?

Sleep cycle calculator is the closest one after this: Find the best bedtimes to wake up refreshed, based on 90-minute sleep cycles.

What else is worth having open alongside it?

Baby Growth Percentile Calculator and Baby Milk Intake Calculator — they come up in the same task often enough to be worth a second tab.

Where do the figures come from?

Dating follows Naegele's rule (280 days from the last period) or the transfer date for assisted conception. An early ultrasound is more accurate than any calculation and takes precedence over it.

Further reading

All guides
ExplainerCycle Length, Ovulation, and What a Fertile Window Really IsOvulation is estimated far better by counting backwards from the next period than forwards from the last one, because the phase after ovulation is the stable one. Here is the inversion worked for every cycle length, the fertile window from the study that defined it, and the failure rates that make this unusable as contraception.ExplainerImplantation Timing and the Window That Decides a Test ResultHow early you can test is the sum of three delays: when implantation happens, how fast hCG climbs from that moment, and what the test can detect. Each one is measured in the literature, so the chain can be computed end to end — and it explains exactly why an early negative is so often wrong.ExplainerHow Pregnancy Dating Actually WorksGestational age is counted from your last period, about two weeks before conception, so a pregnancy of 6 weeks contains an embryo of about 4 weeks. Here is Naegele's rule derived, the correction for a cycle that is not 28 days, and when ACOG says an early scan should replace your dates.ExplainerWhat Is a Normal Menstrual Cycle Length? The Numbers, by Life StageFIGO puts a normal cycle at 24 to 38 days; ACOG's older range is 21 to 35. Here is why two respected bodies give different numbers, how much variation is normal, and how cycles change after menarche and before menopause.How-toHow to Predict Your Next Period (And How Far Off the Estimate Can Be)Add your average cycle length to the first day of your last period. Here is how to measure that length properly, why the estimate has a range rather than a date, and when irregularity is worth a consultation.ExplainerHow Much Milk Does a Baby Need? The Rule of Thumb and Its LimitsA formula-fed baby takes roughly 2.3 fl oz per pound of body weight per day in the first months, split across the day's feeds. Here is the table by age and weight, why breastfed babies are not measured this way, and the signs that outrank any number.