VASTU

RESIDENCES & FLATS

NORTH (KUBER)

• MEDITATION ROOM
• OPTION FOR KITCHEN • TREASURY
•ENTRANCE
• MORE OPEN SPACE •PORCH
•BALCONIES, VERANDAH
•UNDER GROUND TANK
• AVOID BED ROOMS
•AVOID TOILETS
• AVOID WELL • AVOID BED ROOMS •AVOID KITCHEN
WEST (VARUN)

•AVOID SEPTIC TANK

EAST (INDRA)
• BATH ROOMS
• DINNING ROOM
•STORE ROOM FOR
•STUDY ROOM
OIL, GHEE ETC.
•MORE OPEN SPACE

•AVOID CELLAR

• TOILETS • BED ROOMS SLEEP

WITH HEAD ON SOUTH • KITCHEN FACE EAST
•WARDROBES
OR EAST & COOK
•DRESSING ROOM
•STORE FOR HEAVY ITEMS •STAIR CASE BLOCK
•STAIR CASE BLOCK •LIFT •AVOID UNDER
•OVER HEAD WATER TANK GROUND TANK
•AVOID CELLAR
•AVOID CELLAR •AVOID WELL
•AVOID WELL •AVOID WELL

SOUTH (YAMA)
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, VARRIOUS ROOMS SHOULD BE
ORIENTED IN THE HOUSE AS PER GIVEN DIRECTIONS
NORTH
CATTLE SHED PUJA ROOM
BED ROOM CATTLE SHED MEDUIOINE
GRAIN STORE FOR YOUND ROOM
GRAIN STORE
COUPLE

ROOM FOR
EXPRESSING ROOM
SORROW
WEST

EAST
SATR ROOM
DINNING

OPEN COURT YARD

CHUMING
STUDY ROOM CURO

ROOM FOR TOILET

BED ROOM STORE FOR KITCHEN
WEAPONS
GHEE

SOUTH

THE DIAGRAM GIVEN ABOVE SHOWS THE PROPER ORIENTATION

OF VARRIOUS ROOMS AS PER VASTU SHASTRA
RESIDENCES & FLATS
 BATH ROOM
NORTH

•The mild rays of the PROHIBIT

ED PLACE
FOR
morning sun East are TOILET

beneficial for health

WEST
•The slope of the floor

EAST
PROPER
SPACE
should be Towards FOR
TOILET

North , East , or NE.

•Water should drain out
on the North or East PROHIBITE
D PLACE
FOR
side. TOILET

SOUTH
 LAYOUT OF A COLONY
By Examining carefully, to have a general idea
about the merits & demerits of different sites.

Good sites
ROAD

SW Corner
Rounded off - to be
avoided
NE Corner Rounded

MAIN ROAD
ROAD
off - Rectification
very difficult
To be rectified
before use

MAIN ROAD
ROAD
NW & SE Corner
N
rounded off - can be
considered W E

S
 TOILET DETAILS
•Wash basin & Mirror - North side wall - Good
•Water Closet - South side wall – North South axis - Good
•Slope towards - North – East Corner - Good

N
S

W E

N
 TOILET DETAILS
PROPE
R
PLACE
FOR
TOILET

PROPER PLACE
FOR TOILET
*W.C. should best facing south &
north (N-S Axis)
·Floor of the Toilet should
slope towards north or east or NE
·Water source should in the
NE corner.
 SEPTIC TANKS
•Septic Tank should not be directly touching the wall compound or the plinth of the House. It should
be alleast 1 or 2 ft away.
•Of the 3 parts of the septic tank water should be in the East and the excretion in the West.
•The length of septic Tank should be E -W and the breadth S-N as far as possible.
•ST should not be higher then the plinth level of the bldg. It should be at the ground level as far as
possible .
•The outlet of the ST should be in the North or West
LOSS OF BUBG
LOSS OF MONEY
NW NE
THE
BEST

MED
IUM N

SEPTIC TANK NOT LOSS

W E OF
AT THESE PLACES FAME

LOSS OF MENTLE PEACE

S
LOSS OF HEALTH

SW SE
LOSS OF WIFE
 TOILET DETAILS
•Wash basin and mirror North side wall GOOD
•Water closet towards South East wall BAD
•Slope towards South-West Corner BAD

W E

Wash basin and mirror South side wall BAD

Water closet West side wall BAD
Slope towards East Corner BAD W E
 BED ROOM
•In the main SW corner of the SW side Bed room, heavy articles should be kept. The
bed should be towards South or West of the SW corner.
•While sleeping if head towards:
West - Name, fame & prosperity
East - Mental peace, increases liking for spiritualism
South - Increases wealth & Prosperity
North - No sound sleep & mental sickness increases
•The dressing table should be to the east of the North direction.
•TV, heater & Electrical Appliances should be to the South East.
NORTH

DRESSING TABLE

TELEPPHONE

WEST WINDOWS STOOL

DOOR
BEDS
EAST

T.V.
WARDROBS

SOUTH
 BED ROOM
•* Main bed room for the head of the family should be in the South or
South West direction.
•* Bed room for un-married Children can be built on the East side.
•* Bed room for Guest & Un-married Youths can be in the North West.
•* Bed room for Young Couples is good in the North direction.
•* Bed room of Head should be larger.

NORTH

SOUTH

PROPER PLACE FOR BED ROOM

PROHIBITED PLACE FOR BED ROOM

 POOJA ROOM
•Toilet should not be above or below the worship room.
•White or light yellow marble work in the worship room is auspicious.
The colour of the walls should be white , light yellow or light blue.
•It should have doors & windows in the North East
•Lamp should be in the SE corner.
•The Pooja Room should have a threshold.
•The idol should be kept atleast an inch away from the wall.
•The door of the pooja room should not be made of tin or iron grills.
NORTH NE (ESHAN)

PROPER PLACE
FOR PUJA ROOM

SOUTH
 STUDY ROOM
•* The person should sit facing North or East side while studying.
* The study table should not be placed touching the walls, it is inauspicious.
* Water pot must be placed in North -East corner only.
* Colour of the walls should be sky blue , Cream, light green or white
* Book shell should be placed along the North or east wall
N
FLOWER
POT

W TABLE E
BOOK
SHELF

NORTH S

PE
RC
E
DY
SOUTH
 TREASURURY ROOM
•The safe should be placed on a foundation.
•The colour of the room - Yellow - increases wealth.
•The safe should not be kept under beam.
•Case box , safe , almirah should be placed along the South wall , such
that it opens towards the North the man while opening it faces towards
south
•Treasury room should have a threshold of atleast 1" to 2".
•The shape of the room preferably should be square or rectangle.
PROPER PLACE NORTH (KUBER)
FOR TREASURY
ROOM

SOUTH
 KITCHEN ROOM
* Burner (Gas, Stove , Cooking range etc ) should be kept in the SE
Corner of the room , such that while cooking the person face Towards East .
* Water should be kept in NE.
* Shelves for raw Materials , utensils, commodities etc should be kept on
the South & West side
N

SINK &
DRAINAGE
BOARD
W
SHELVE E
GAS
CHULLAH
NORTH
S

PROPE
R

SOUTH SEPLACE PROHIBITED PLACE FOR KITCHEN

 BASEMENTS

ROAD

NORTH – EAST CELLER IS GOOD N

SOUTH-WEST CELLAR IS BAD
W E

ROAD

NORTH – WEST CELLER IS NOT GOOD

SOUTH EAST CELLAR IS NOT GOOD
 DINING ROOM
•While eating food the head of the family should sit facing East . Others
can sit facing North , East or West However nobody should sit facing
South.
•There should be no Arches in the Room .
•The Dinning table should be square or rectangular shape . It should
not be of any other irregular shape.
•There should not be any attached Toilet with this room .
•Natural portraits & paintings makes the atmosphere happy.
NORTH

PROPER PLACE
FOR DINING ROOM

SOUTH
 LOCATION OF DOORS
DOORS ON THE BASIS OF RASHI
On the basis of Rashi of the house owner , door is Auspicious in the following direction
RASHIS DIRECTION
Cancer , Scorpion , Pisces East
Virgo , capricom , Gemini South
Libra , Acquarius , Taurus West
Aries , Saggitarius , Leo North
Direction No. Name of Deity Effect
North - 27 Mukhya Gain of property & sons
28 Bhallat Enough property
29 Som Peace , progress & Religious Nature
East - 2 Porianya Gain to females
3 Jayant Gain of wealth, favour of Govt.
4 Indra Gain of wealth & sons.
South 12 Virhatkshat Wealth & sons
West 21 Varun Prosperity & Happiness
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24 25 26 30 31 32 1

23

22

20 5

19 6

18 7

17 16 15 14 13 11 10 9 8

SOUTH
 BASEMENT

CELLAR

CELLAR
ROAD

GOOD N
BAD
W E
S

ROAD

BAD
GOOD
 LOCATION OF GATES AND WELLS
W

SITE
G
W

BAD SITE SITE

MADE BAD SITE
GOOD
MADE GOOD

W SITE
SITE

BAD SITE BAD SITE

MADE GOOD MADE GOOD
(a) Bed room (Particularly master bed room) of building
should be placed in the south-west. It can be slightly
deviated towards south or west, If the placement is opposite
the effect will be extremely bad, lime loss of children or
financial loss or ill health, There are numerous such rules
developed to deal with every possible situation of lay out of
a building and its relation with the sit6e and surrounding
roads.

Because of the fact that stated cause and also the stated
effect in a rule are repeatedly observable and testable
phenomena, the statement giving cause- and - effect
relationship between tow phenomena can be considered as
a valid " hypothesis" for scientific investigation.
(b) The slope of the site should run down south towards
north with permissible slight deviation of the slope clock -
wise i.e. from S-W to N-E If this satisfied, then the
occupant/owner will fetch wealth, health and fame,
otherwise effect will be negative.

(c) Highest part of the building should be at the south west

and the lowest part at the north-east, If the rule is satisfied
then it will cause owner/ occupant to uplift his health wealth
and fame, This desired orientation of high-low line of
building can be slightly deviated anti clock wise (from S to N
to S-E to N-W) with out causing any ill- effect, But the effect
will be just negative if the rule is grossly violated.
 3. How a hypothesis is scientifically
Proved
Before proving a hypothesis scientifically it should first
stated in ambiguous way, Once it is done it can be proved
either (a) by deducting it logically from one or some
established laws and theories of science, or (b) by testing
the validity of the hypothesis by observing the phenomenon
in a sufficient number of cases, It is seen that both the
approaches are apparently used by the proponents to prove
rules of vastu even though wrong fully.
3.1 Logical deduction and established laws of
science

First method of scientific acceptance of

hypothesis is to prove the hypothesis based
on accepted facts, laws of theories of science
(i.e. scientific knowledge) following logical
steps, If the logical deduction satisfies the
hypotheses, we accept it
 Is " Vastu" Relevants In Modern Context ?
1. INTRODUCTION

Practice of " Vastu Shastra" or "Vastu" in short which had been developed
in ancient India is spreading like wild fire now-a-days is an elaboration of
a small part of ancient practice of Vastu Shastra, This part was related to
the fortune of occupants. owner of a building, Other parts which are found
scientifically valid are normally ignored and not practiced now-a-days
(e.g.) accurate determination of geographic north which may be different
from magnetic north, Proponents of this part (called Vastu) of ancient
vastu, Shastra hail from various professions like law, medicine, Civil
Engineering or architecture, Most of them normally practice as "Vastu
Pandits" applying certain accepted rules with some variations, The term "
Vastu in this paper refers to those rules which are practiced by "Vastu
It is always advocated by the propoments of the shastra that any Vastu
rule can be proved to be scientific, based on the present day knowledge
of science even though these rules are out-come of revealation by
regent visionaries of ancient India, While trying to prove any vastu rule
scientifically they resort to unscientific approach. This recent
development totally related to the practice of architecture calls for
serious investigation from the part of architect revealing the scientific
status of this subject. This is because any untruthful guidance to the
people of planning of their building may lead to wastage in term of design
quality as well was money.
2. Cause-and-effect relationship

Vastu rules are primarily based on " Cause-and-effect" relationship. I restrict

myself here only to vastu rules related to residential building and its site
planning including orientation. Any of the rules contains tow distinct parts of
physically testable phenomena.

First part is related to some kind of planning aspect of the building/house

which is considered as a "Cause" and the second part is related to some
kind of well being of the owner/occupant of the building/house "effect" of
first.

Vastu Rule = Cause + Effect.

Where, cause = geometrical properties of plan particularly in relation to

north direction.

Let me cite here few of the vast number of commonly followed vastu rules to
give an idea about the nature of the rules.
Even if we accept all above queries answered
satisfactorily , one question still remains : Why matching
of the magnetic field of both earth and human body will
cause "disturbed sleep, tension and other connected
problems" and why this will not be true when orientation
of a person in other direction ? (In this connection it is to
note that there is no mention of magnet in the original
books on vastu . In the original vastu shastra geographic
North is used instead of magnetic north. Magnetic North
may be different in orientation) declination from place to
place and time to time . At present however in India
magnetic North approximately matches with the
geographic North.
(b) Vastu and Sun rays :

"Vastu and the science of climatology"

The sun emits two types of rays ; ultra violate and infrared .
These rays have various effects on the human body and environment .
This is one of the basic principal of the vastu shastra . The sun emits
ultra violet rays in the morning hours , which have good effect on human
body and the environment - surrounding to him . These rays have
tendency to kill bacteria . This is way the kitchen is preferred in eastern
side . It is also good to have morning rays fall on our eye and which is
why the kitchen platform should be oriented towards eastern side so that
while cooking food ultraviolet rays will enter the eyes . The sun emits
infra red rays during evening hours which are harmful . Water bodies
placed at South West corners are therefore not desirable the reflected
infra red rays from the water body in this direction enter the house and
have adverse effect on human body .
Criticism : (i) In the morning sun emits more ultra violet rays than any
other time of a days (the statement actually made is "the sun emits ultra -
violet rays in the morning hours" which is not true and , therefore
modified to retain the sense ) and (ii) the sun emits more infra red rays in
the evening made is "the sun emits infra - red rays during evening
hours". Let us check the truthfulness of these two statements on which
conclusions are dependent.

The amount of radiation received just outside the atmosphere of

the earth on a plane perpendicular to the sun rays is 1353 watt. per sq.
M on the average which is called "solar constant". This value , however
may vary due to change in sun - earth distance in a year and also due to
solar activity . But this variation is not significant and can be ignored . If
sun rays enter directly from the zenith , radiation value on the surface of
the earth will lie within a range of 800-950 watt / sqm depending upon
the presence of turbidity in the air .
 3.1.1 Vastu rules and established laws of
science
Proponents of vastu rule tend to prove the rules based on the deductive
approach from modern laws of science but without following any logical
steps. Some sort of falacy is always used to arrive at the conclusion, Let
us take examples from book/ journals under wide circulation in the
market, Below two examples are accepted as valid scientific proof of vastu
rules in almost all books on vastu, But all there are founded on wrong
notion of scientific knowledge.

(a) Human body as a magnet

" Human body itself acts as a magnet with the head, the heaviest
and important part of the body, as the North pole. If the head is directed
towards the North while sleeping, the North le of the earth and that of the
human body repel each other affecting the blood circulation, causing
disturbed sleep, tension and other connected problems.
Criticism:

It is well established fact that nervous system of the human

body communicates with the help of electric impulses , thus
producing electro - magnetic field around the part of the body .
Muscles also produce electrical potential . Activity of human
being is primarily controlled by the electrical and chemical
activity of the body . Any movement of charge , however small
will produce electrical field around the direction of movement,
Again any surrounding magnetic field will, thus have an effect
on the electrical activity of parts of human body, But
investigation of the statements quoted in the above paragraph
generates certain questions:
(i) Where it is proved that the entire human body the net result of these
tiny magnetic fields distributed within the human body is equivalent to a
magnet matching the sized of a human body?

(ii) Why " heaviest and important part of the body" (i.e. head) should be
have as North pole, It is to note that " the heart is the most powerful source
of electric and magnetic fields in the organism" and also that" in the eye
the magnetic filed induction is significantly higher that that of the brain.

(iii) Moreover, North pole of a magnet is not repulsed by the North pole of
the earth as claimed here, On the contrary, North pole of the earth attracts
North pole of all magnets, (For this reason we find North pole of a
magnetic needles pointing North pole of the earth. In fact North pole of any
magnet is North seeking pole .
 The Ten Commandments of Vastu Shastra

1. The main water source or a water feature should be

towards the North-East.

2. The kitchen, Generator room, furnace or boiler should be

towards the South-East.

3. The guestroom, store or children's bedroom should be

towards North-West.

4. The guestroom, store or children's bedroom should be

towards South-West.

5. The centre should be light and airy.

 The Ten Commandments of Vastu Shastra

6. There should be more open space towards the North and

East as compared to the South and West.

7. The South and West floor levels should be higher than

the North and East.

8. The South and West boundary walls should be higher

than the North and East walls.

9. The entrance is preferred from the North or East.

10. You should sleep with your head towards the South and
raise the headside by 3".