VASTU

NORTH (KUBER)

WEST (

VA

RU

N)

SOUTH (YAMA)

EA

ST (

IND

RA

)

NW

(VAYU

)

SE

(AGNEY

A)

NE

SW

(NARUTHYA)

• OPTION FOR KITCHEN

• AVOID BED ROOMS

• AVOID WELL

• TREASURY

• MORE OPEN SPACE

• AVOID BED ROOMS

• MEDITATION ROOM

•ENTRANCE

•PORCH

•BALCONIES, VERANDAH

•UNDER GROUND TANK

•AVOID TOILETS

•AVOID KITCHEN

•AVOID SEPTIC TANK

• DINNING ROOM

•STUDY ROOM

•AVOID CELLAR

• BATH ROOMS

•STORE ROOM FOR OIL, GHEE ETC.

•MORE OPEN SPACE

• TOILETS

•WARDROBES

•DRESSING ROOM

•STORE FOR HEAVY ITEMS

•STAIR CASE BLOCK

•OVER HEAD WATER TANK

•AVOID CELLAR

•AVOID WELL

• BED ROOMS SLEEP WITH HEAD ON SOUTH OR EAST

•STAIR CASE BLOCK

•LIFT

•AVOID CELLAR

•AVOID WELL

• KITCHEN FACE EAST & COOK

•AVOID UNDER GROUND TANK

•AVOID WELL

RESIDENCES & FLATS

AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, VARRIOUS ROOMS SHOULD BE ORIENTED IN THE HOUSE AS PER GIVEN DIRECTIONS

THE DIAGRAM GIVEN ABOVE SHOWS THE PROPER ORIENTATION OF VARRIOUS ROOMS AS PER VASTU

SHASTRA

NORTH

WEST

SOUTH

EA

ST

NW

SE

NE

SW

OPEN COURT YARD

CATTLE SHED

GRAIN STOREBED ROOM FOR YOUND COUPLE

CATTLE SHED

GRAIN STORE

MEDUIOINE ROOM

PUJA ROOM

ROOM FOR EXPRESSING SORROW

DINNING

STUDY ROOM

ROOM FOR WEAPONS

TOILETBED ROOM STORE FOR

GHEE

ROOM

SATR ROOM

CHUMING CURO

KITCHEN

RESIDENCES & FLATS

NORTH

WEST

SOUTH

EA

ST

NW

SE

NE

SW

PROHIBITED PLACE FOR TOILET

PROHIBITED PLACE FOR TOILET

PROPER SPACE FOR TOILET

BATH ROOM

•The mild rays of the morning sun East are beneficial for health

•The slope of the floor should be Towards North , East , or NE.

•Water should drain out on the North or East side.

LAYOUT OF A COLONY

Good sites

SW Corner Rounded off - to be avoided

NE Corner Rounded off - Rectification very difficult

To be rectified before use

NW & SE Corner rounded off - can

be considered

By Examining carefully, to have a general idea about the merits & demerits of different

sites.

ROAD

ROAD

MA

IN R

OA

D

RO

AD

MA

IN R

OA

D

N

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

SN

W E

S

N

N

TOILET DETAILS

*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.

PROPER PLACE FOR TOILET

PROPER PLACE

FOR

TOILET

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

THE BEST

MEDIUM

SEPTIC TANK NOT AT THESE PLACES

N

E

S

WLOSS OF FAME

LOSS OF HEALTH

LOSS OF BUBGLOSS OF MONEY

LOSS OF WIFE

LOSS OF MENTLE PEACE

NE

SE

NW

SW

TOILET DETAILS

•Wash basin and mirror North side wall GOOD

•Water closet towards South East wall BAD

•Slope towards South-West Corner BADW E

Wash basin and mirror South side wallBAD

Water closet West side wallBAD

Slope towards East Corner BAD

EW

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.

T.V.

DOORSTOOL

DRESSING TABLE

BEDS

TELEPPHONE

WINDOWS

WARDROBS

NORTH

SOUTH

EAST

WEST

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.

PROPER PLACE FOR BED ROOM

PROHIBITED PLACE FOR BED ROOM

NORTH

SOUTH

EA

ST

WEST

NORTH

SOUTHEA

ST

WEST

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. NE (ESHAN)

PROPER PLACE FOR PUJA ROOM

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

NORTH

SOUTH

EA

ST

WEST

PERCEDY

RM PROHIBITED PLACE FOR STUDY ROOM

FLOWER POT

BOOK SHELF

TABLEW

N

E

S

NORTH (KUBER)

SOUTHEA

ST

WEST

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 FOR TREASURY ROOM

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

NORTH

SOUTH

EA

ST

WEST

PROPER

PLACE

SINK & DRAINAGE BOARD

SHELVEW

N

E

S

SE PROHIBITED PLACE FOR KITCHEN

GAS CHULLAH

BASEMENTS

NORTH – EAST CELLER IS GOOD

NORTH – WEST CELLER IS NOT GOOD

SOUTH-WEST CELLAR IS BAD

SOUTH EAST CELLAR IS NOT GOOD

ROAD

ROAD

RO

AD

RO

AD

N

S

EW

NORTH

SOUTHEA

ST

WEST

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.

PROPER PLACE FOR DINING ROOM

LOCATION OF DOORSDOORS 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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CELLAR

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BAD

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AD

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LOCATION OF GATES AND WELLS

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MADE GOOD

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MADE GOOD

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MADE GOOD

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(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.

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. How a hypothesis is scientifically Proved

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

3.1 Logical deduction and established laws of science

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

Pandits" now-a-days.

Is " Vastu" Relevants In Modern Context ?

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 .

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.

 3.1.1 Vastu rules and established laws of science

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 .

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".

The Ten Commandments of Vastu Shastra