| Vastu Guidelines : |
Basic Tenets
Constructing a New Building
It is very important to start the construction on auspicious occasion. Start excavation and fixing the main door in:
| Chaitra (March - April) - will bring financial loss |
| Vaishaka (April - May) - very auspicious |
| Jaistha (May - June) - death and unhappiness |
| Ashada (June - July) - inauspicious |
| Shraavana (July - Aug.) - a healthy family |
| Bhaadrapada (Aug-Sept) - disease in the family |
| Ashwayuja (Sept – Oct) - family feuds and enmity |
| Kaarthika (Oct - Nov) - will attract wealth |
| Maargashira (Nov – Dec) - troubles in fears in daily life |
| Pushya (Dec - Jan) - destructive fires and troubles |
| Maagha (Jan - Feb) - good family life |
| Phaalguna (Feb – Mar) - will gain wealth and fame |
Further Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays are auspicious. |
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| Position of Rooms: |
| Directions |
Ruling Planet |
Room |
| North |
Mercury |
Living (Sitting) room safe |
| Northeast |
Jupiter |
Worship room living room |
| East |
Sun |
Living room bathing room (no toilet) |
| Southeast |
Venus |
Kitchen |
| South |
Mars |
Kitchen storeroom |
| Southwest |
Rahu |
Master bedroom heavy storage |
| West |
Saturn |
Children’s bedroom store room study |
| Northwest |
Moon |
Guest room bathroom grain storage room |
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Selecting a Site
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Avoid black clay soils, as the foundations will be weak. |
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Avoid sites with ant-hills (fear of termite destruction), land with big boulders and reclaimed land with loose soil. |
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Land must be sloping to the North or East. |
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The site should be at least 50 m away from Shiva Temple and must not be to the left of a Durga temple or behind a Vishnu temple. |
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It must be square or rectangular and the East-West dimension greater than the North – South. Any other polygonal shape is generally inauspicious. |
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Avoid land that has no ground water. Dig a well in the N-E corner and use the ground water for prosperity. |
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The North - East corner must never be rounded off in a corner site (at an intersection) to the South West corner may be rounded off. |
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The symmetrical geometry of shape is good in general. However, irregular or unsymmetrical shape is not good always. The various shapes and their possible effects are given below: |
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Effects |
| Square/Rectangular |
Overall growth |
| Circular |
Increases mental capabilities. |
| Hexagonal |
Prosperity |
| Oval Shape |
Inauspicious. |
| Triangular |
Loss due to fire, Govt. harassment, Penalty, etc., |
| Parallelogram |
Financial losses, Quarrels in family |
| Star |
Quarrel and Litigations, Destruction of peace. |
| Trident |
Quarrel, Loss of peace. |
| Tortoise |
Tragic Death or Imprisonment |
| Bow |
Various troubles, Fear from enemies |
| Cart Shape |
Illness & Poverty |
| Reverse Cart |
Loss due to theft |
| Trapezium |
Unhappiness, Loss of wealth |
| Mridanga (Small Drum) |
Death of wife. |
| Semi-Circular |
Poverty |
| Hand Fan (Axe Shape) |
Loss of cattle & loss of wealth. |
| Wheel Shape |
Poverty |
| Bird Beak |
Unhappiness |
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| If the Square or Rectangular geometry is deformed due to extensions or reductions at various corners, the effects will be as mentioned below: |
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| Shape Extended At |
Effects |
| North-East Corner |
Good for Growth |
| South–East Corner |
Illness, Poor Growth of children, Financial Loss &Unwanted Expenditure, Quarrel and Litigations |
| South-West Corner |
Financial Loss, Ill Health, Accidental Injury, Displeasure & Mental Unhappiness, Defamation. |
| North-West Corner |
Financial Loss, Weak for Human Growth, Unhappiness & Mental unrest, Enmity & Defamation. |
| North-East Corner |
Financial Loss, Ill Health, Unhappiness & Enmity. |
| South-East Corner (If SW corner is 90°) |
Good for Growth |
| (But, if SW corner is less than 90°) |
Financial Loss, Unhappiness & Loss of Reputation. |
| South-West Corner |
Ill Health, Poor for Human Growth, Financial Loss & Unwanted Expenses, Mental unrest, Litigation, Loss of Position or Reputation. |
| North-West Corner (If SW corner is 90°) |
Good for Growth. |
| (But, if SW corner is less than 90°) |
Ill Health, Accidental Injury & mental Unhappiness less than 90°) |
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| Direction of roads |
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A plot with roads on all sides is the best. Roads must be on the East or the North side |
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A water steam that flows from the West to the East is good as far as it is to the North of the site. |
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| Choosing a right Building |
| Residential Property |
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The area of the building in square feet if divided by 8 must leave a reminder on either 1,3,5 or 7. |
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Old buildings that are damaged by a natural calamity like fire, lightening, rain etc. are to be avoided. |
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Never acquire a house in which a suicide has taken place or a new born baby died or a pregnant lady expired. |
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Should be sufficiently away from trees whose roots can damage the foundation. |
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| Door/windows |
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The main entrance /door must be from the North or the East. |
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An entrance from the West or South – West is extremely bad. |
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The number of door and windows must each be an even number. |
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Columns and beams must also be an even number. |
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A door must never be in the center of the façade of the house. |
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If there are 2 doors never have them on the West (main door) and South (side door), South (main) and West (side) and West (main) and North (side). |
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| Pooja Room |
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The N-E is the best location. The Deity facing the West and the person offering prayers facing the East is the best. |
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However, the Deity facing the East or North is also acceptable. In a multistoried building the prayer room must be on the ground floor. |
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| Bedroom |
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Ideal location is South or S-W corner. However, the East, N-E and S-E may also be used. |
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Avoid bedrooms in the Northern side, as this will lead the user into financial difficulties. |
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One must sleep with the head facing the South ideally. However head facing the East is also permissible. |
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Head facing either the North or the West can be disastrous. |
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Bathrooms
Should be to the East or North of the bedrooms. |
Toilets
Should never be in the N-E corner of the Building. |
Kitchen
The ideal location is the S-E corner of the building with the cooking platform on the eastern side with the cook facing the East. The N-E corner of the building is also acceptable location for the kitchen. |
Staircases
Must be located as far as possible to the South or S-W portion of the building. |
Cellar/basement
Must be to the North or N-E portion of the building. |
Under ground water tanks: (including swimming pools)
Must be in the N-E corner of the plot but never in the S-E corner. |
Overhead Tanks
Must be in the S-W corner but never in the North, East or N-E corner. |
| Choosing a house on rent |
| Rented House |
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The principles of Vastu apply to both rented houses as well as houses owned by the resident. |
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If a portion of a building is being rented out, the North or N-E portion must be rented out. The Southern portion must be occupied by the owner. |
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No house must be kept vacant for more than 3-4 months. The practical angle to this is that rodents and white ants can create havoc on the foundation of the building if unoccupied. Further, it is believed that evil forces of nature take recluse in the long vacant buildings. |
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The ground floor must never be kept vacant, the higher floors may be kept vacant. |
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| Apartment Blocks |
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The measurement from the Northeast corner to the Southwest corner should be more than from the Southeast corner to the Northwest corner. |
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The gate must be in the North, East or Northeast. |
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A road on all sides is ideal. Roads on North, East is also good. |
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The Ground must slope from the Southwest corner towards the Northeast corner. |
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More open space towards the East and the North to allow morning air circulation. |
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Avoid balconies towards the South and the west. |
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Never locate the kitchen in the Northeast or the Southwest. The ideal locations are Southeast and maybe Northwest corners. |
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The staircase must be towards the South, West or Southwest. |
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The Cellar must be avoided in the South and the West portion of the site. |
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Underwater water storage tanks, swimming pool and wells are to be in the Northeast corner. |
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The big trees and plants must be grown on the South or Southwest side only. |
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Overhead tank must be in the South or Southwest corner. |
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Compound walls on the North and East side must be lower. |
| Color scheme |
| This depends on the direction in which the house faces |
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East facing: white, off white. |
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South facing: Pink, orange, red . |
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S-E facing: dark shades of green |
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South - west: olive green, parrot green. |
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West facing: shades of blue |
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North facing: green or yellow. |
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North - west: White, off white. |
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