Vaastu for Residence
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Kitchen:  The Kitchen is one of most important parts of residential building. Hence it should be constructed in right portion of the building i.e South East

  • SOUTH EAST portion of the house is ideal for locating kitchen.
  • NORTH WEST portion of the house could be considered for making kitchen as alternate.
  • Cooking stove should be placed in SOUTH EAST portion of the house in such a way that the cooking person should face towards EAST
  • The Sink in kitchen should be placed in North east portion of the Kitchen far away from the cooking stove.
  • The window should be placed in Eastern portion of the kitchen and ventilator should be in southern portion
  • The water filter or water storage in kitchen should be placed in NORTH EAST portion of the kitchen.
  • Electric equipment like microwave, oven or refrigerator should be placed in South east corner of the Kitchen.
  •  The cylinder should be placed in the South West corner of the Kitchen.
  • The exhaust fan should be placed in south wall of the kitchen.

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Guest Room :  NORTH WEST  position is best for Guest room.

  • The bed should be placed in the South / West   direction of the room.
  • Head  towards south while sleeping.
  • Electronic items should be on the Southeast wall of the room.
  • Bath room door should not be directly opposite to the Bed.
  • There should not be any beam running over the bed.
  • The wardrobe or storage cabinets should be in south / west wall of the room.

 

Master Bed :  Master bed should be in South west potion of the house.

  • Head while sleeping  towards South / West /East never in North  direction of the room.
  • Electronic items should be on the Southeast wall of the room.
  • Bath room door should not be directly opposite to the Bed.
  • The Bed should not be place opposite to the bed room door.
  • No mirror should be placed in front of the bed.
  • There should not be any beam running over the bed.
  • The wardrobe or storage cabinets should be in south / west wall of the room.
  • The colour of the room should be always earthen colour Like brown, almond.

 

Study room:  Study room should be in East/ west/ North East potion of the house.

  • Head while sleeping  always towards East  direction of the room.
  • Students must face towards East / Notht while studying.
  • Student should not face towards blank wall, window while studying.
  • Electronic items should be on the Southeast wall of the room.
  • Toilet should not be attached to the study room, however both room is OK
  • The Bed should not be place opposite to the room door
  • The shelves should not be place over the study table.
  • There should not be Square / rectangle study table. The ratio of length and width should not be more than 1:2.

 

Living:  Living / drawing room should be in East or North potion of the house.

  • The Door of the Living should be in East or West.
  • The sitting arrangement should be facing East or North.
  • The furniture should be placed in West or South wall of the Living.
  • The TV Unit should be in 1st quadrant of the South East direction.
  • The furniture’s in Living Should be in square or Rectangular pattern only.
  • The portraits of God or Waterfall should be hung  in North East Corner.
  • The colour of the wall and tiles should be yellow, blue, green  avoid red and black colour.
  • More openings like Window and Ventilators should be placed in North and East direction.

 

POOJA:  

  • North East portion of the house is best for Pooja room, but it should not touch the North East corner of the house, at least it should be 0.5m away from the corner
  • Pooja room can be construct in any place of the house but the idols or Photographs of the God should be facing East or West only
  • West door of pooja is best for house, East and North are optional but south is not recommended
  • White colour is best for pooja.
  • Pooja  should not be located just below the running stairs.

 

Dining

  • West direction is best for dining.
  • East is the second option.
  • Dining Table should be in Square or Rectangular
  • Dining Table should not be sticking to the wall.
  • The Door of Pooja / Toilet should not open in front of dining area.
  • The wash Basin should be in North East portion of the Dining.
  • The Main door of the House and Dining should not be facing each other.

 

Toilet

  • North west portion of the house is ideal for toilets
  • Alternate position of Toilet is south or west.
  • Northeast, North and East are not permissible.
  • W.C should be in Northwest / Southeast corner facing North or South.
  • Toilet should be away from Kitchen and Dining as possible.
  • Mirror should always be in East or North wall.
  • W.C should not be just below the running stairs.

 

Sump and over head Tank:

  • Sump tank should be in North east direction.
  • Sump Tank should not cross the diagonal line of Northeast and Southwest corner.
  • Sump Tank should be Square or rectangular in shape..
  • Over Head Tank should be in South west corner of the house.
  • Septic tank should be in North west corner of the house.

 

Staircase:

  • Stair case should be in South, West, Southwest direction
  • Stairs should be constructed in clock wise. Anti clock wise should be avoided.
  • Number of stairs should not be even, stairs are good in Odd numbers.
  • Circular stairs should be avoided and stairs in the center of the house is also avoided.
  • The climbing of stairs should be  from North to South  or East to West.

 

Entrance Gate:

The Entrance of a house is the gateway from which energies constantly goes in and out.

  • Entrance gate of house should placed  only in Utchasthana
  • Entrance gate should be heavier, stronger and bigger than tha other gate.
  • Avoid keeping garbage or dustbin near the entrance.
  • Main door should not face intersecting roads.
  • Main door should always open inwards.
  • Entrance gate should not face temple.
  • Lift of the Building should not face the Entrance Gate.

 

Car garage

  • The position of the car garage should be built in Southeast or southwest or northwest away from the main building

 

Windows:

  • The window should be built more in the North or East directions as the morning sunrays are very good for the health.
  • The windows should be avoid in Southwest direction.
  • The small windows or ventilators can be built in the north of northwest.

 

Doors:

  • The position of the door according to vaastu shastra should be in Ucchastana only.
  • There should be even number of doors in a house like 2,4,6,8,10,12………
  • The ucchastana of North and East are the first grade doors.
  • The ucchastana of West and south are second grade doors.

 

Store room:

The store rooms should be placed in Southwest or Northwest portion of building as it is beneficial in terms of providing shortage of grains.

  • The windows in this room should be made on Eastern or Western sides and height should be more than other rooms
  • The colour chosen in store room should be tints of white, yellow or blue.
  • A picture of Lord Vishnu must be placed on the Eastern wall of store room.
  • Store annual stock of granary in South-west corner while daily use grains must be stored in North-west direction.
  • Things like oil, ghee, refined and gas cylinder etc should be stored in South-east corner of storage.
  • Avoid any kind of empty container in storage room.
  • Never sleep in storage room as the vibrations tends to obstruct people’s sleep.