How to print a chart
A birth chart can be printed from the browser's print command, which opens the print dialog. The result is a plain page with the table of grahas and the houses.
What it is
Enter the birth details first, wait for the result, then print the page. Include the inputs and the ayanamsa on the printout so the chart can be checked later.
How it is worked out or read
The print layout hides the form and the navigation, so only the result and text print. Save as PDF if you want a file.
Where it appears on this site
See the printing and saving guide and the birth chart tool.
Printing from the site
Every chart and article page on this site has a print layout. When you print, the navigation, buttons and footer are hidden, the background turns white and the text is set in dark ink so that it is readable on paper and saves toner. On the birth chart page, the planet table, the house list and the yogas all print in that order on A4 or Letter paper.
The quickest way is to use the Save as PDF button where it appears, or the browser's own Print command, Ctrl+P on Windows and Cmd+P on a Mac.
Saving a PDF instead of paper
In the print dialog, choose Save as PDF, or Microsoft Print to PDF on Windows, as the destination. The result is a file you can keep, email or print later. Give it a clear name, such as the person's name and date of birth, so that it is easy to find. A PDF keeps the exact layout, which is useful when you want to compare two charts or show a chart to a teacher.
Before saving, set the margins to Default and turn off the browser's headers and footers if you do not want the page address and date printed at the edges.
What to check before printing
Check that the birth details shown at the top of the page are the ones you meant to enter: the date, the time with AM or PM, the place and the time zone. Check which ayanamsa the chart uses, since the printout records it and a chart printed under one ayanamsa can differ from another. If you plan to compare the printout with a chart from an astrologer, note their ayanamsa and house system as well.
A small detail that saves confusion later is to write the date you made the printout on the page, in case you correct the birth time afterwards.
Keeping printed charts
Families often keep a folder of printed charts. It helps to keep each chart with a short note of where the birth time came from, such as a hospital record or a parent's memory, since the reliability of the time affects every reading. When a chart is recalculated, file the new version in front of the old one rather than discarding it, so that the history of corrections is visible.