Placement of Entrance

Placement of Entrance door

In Vastu Shastra Entrance door placement is given importance. We will see remedies for entrance. The proper placement of entrance ensure prosperous life of the dwellers of the house.

Divide the length by 9. In each of the 9 parts the nine planets or nava grahas reside. The various planets residing in the nine parts and which one part is best is described here.

In the picture above the length is divided into 9 parts and each planet living in those parts is noted. Red colored ‘BAD’ parts should be avoided. Green colored ‘GOOD’ and blue colored ‘MEDIUM’ are acceptable. The effects of nine parts are explained below.

1. Sun: If you place entrance in this part it is not good for Father and his brothers. Also problems from Government is expected.
2. Moon: Problems for women and problems due to water are expected.
3. Mars: Enemity with brothers, Fire accidents are expected. So the first 3 parts should be avoided for entrance.
4. Mercury: This is good part for placing entrance.
5. Jupiter: Good for the family and children/progeny. Good for male children.
6. Venus: Good for female children. Good for business growth.
7. Rahu: Financial problems, debts, Legal cases
8. Ketu: Problems

Floors, Stairs, Loft, Compound wall

Car Shed, Money valet

While building the first floor rooms should be built in West and South - west. Only bedroom and Reading rooms are to be built. Those rooms should in the same place as the rooms in the ground floor.

Safety Locker / Money valets

Money wallet and valuables are to be kept in South-west side.

Lofts are to be kept only in south and western walls.

Car shed: If there is enough space around the room shed can be built anywhere except the Esanya. The walls of the shed should not be touching the main building and compound walls.

Compound Walls: South and West walls should be taller than North and East walls. Atleast by a few inches.

Borewell

Vasthu for Borewell

Well or Borewell should be built in Esanya. Should not be built around the house and compound wall. If there is not underground water in Esanya, it can be moved to north high or east high areas. If there is no well at Esanya atleast dig a small pit there. Underground water tanks (chumps) are to be built in the Esanya direction. This tank should not be built under the staircases, steps, portico, main gate etc., Water tanks on the roof tops should be built in the niruth (south-west) direction.

Sceptic tank should be built in north and north – west, east directions. It should not be touching the walls of the house and compound. Sceptic tanks should not be built in North East Esanya and South-West niruthi.

Veranda / Portico

Portico / Veranda is placed in the side or front of the house. Generally they are placed in East Esanya or North Esanya. In East and north sides Verandas can be wide. In west and south side they should be less wider.

Verandas can be present in all four sides of the house. But they should not be kept alone on south or west directions. North, South and West combination should be avoided. Whenever joined East side should be included. The figure below describes the best place for veranda.

Bathroom and Toilets

It is common to build toilets and bathroom in the same room. Some people keep bathroom and toilets separate. This done according to the availability of space. These room are to be built in East Agni, South Agni, South, West, West Vaayu, North. Water heater to be kept at the room’s South Agni.

Toilet’s Basin should be placed in a manner that the user sits facing north or south.

When bath and toilets are built outside the house, they should not be touching the house and compound wall. Can be built in free Agni, Vaayu, Niruthi areas.

Toilets should not be at north-east for any reason.

East Agni, South Agni, South, West, North, North Vaayu, West Vayu are good placements for Toilets and bathrooms. The picture has shaded regions best suited for these rooms according to vastu.

Store Room Vasthu

Store Room

Another Important room where we keep our rice, grains and other essentials. This place should not be in the North, East Esanya. South, West, South niruthi, West Niruthi are the good placements.

Bed Room

Bed Room Vasthu

This is another important room for vastu. We spend most our time in this room while sleeping. Comparing to any other room in a house this place is the only place where we spend a lot of time. At least 8 hours a day! So vastu is must for this room.

Bed room should be placed near south and west where we get breeze and wind. Bed room can be placed on south, south niruthi, west niruthi, west north Vaayu areas. Cots should be placed in the manner to place head on south or east directions.

Bed room should not be in south-east Agni. In the bedroom Almara / Shelf should be placed on southwest corner. The shelf should be facing east or west. If you plan to keep bathroom (attached bath) keep in north – west direction. Children’s bedroom should be on north – west and should not be on sourh – east and north – east directions.

There should be enough ventilation and lighting in the bedroom.

Dining Room

Dining room vasthu

Dining room is the place where eat our food. This is usually built next to the kitchen. Washbasin should be kept in the Esanya area of this room. This room can be place in north, east and south side of the house.

Kitchen Vastu Remedies

Kitchen Vasthu

According to vastu South-eastern direction is Agni / Fire. Kitchen / boiler and other flaming things should be built here. This place should be kept clean and tidy.

Kitchen table should be placed in the manner that the person cooking food should stand facing east. Windows, Ventilators and exhaust should be placed according to the need.

In important vastu point in kitchen is if the house is south faced the kitchen should be in north-west Vaayu and should not be in north-east esanya.

Kitchen should be in East Agni, South Agni, West Vaayu and North Vaayu areas.

Study hall Vastu

Study room Vasthu

Study hall / reading room should be built on the northern side of the house. For ventilation put enough windows in this room. Children should sit north or east facing while studying.

Children’s School bag, Study materials and other articles should be kept in south and western sides. Tables can be put near the north and eastern walls. Should not sit under roof beams.

In the above picture the shaded region describes the ideal place for building study room.

Pooja Room

Pooja Room vasthu

Some people build separate pooja room for praying God. According to vastu shastra this room must be in East, East Esanya, North, North Esanya areas. Idols and photo pictures of the deities and gods should be facing east. In the pooja room no other things except pooja things should be kept. Those praying god standing on the floor should not keep Jyothi on the floor. If you keep Jyothi on the floor should sit.


In the picture above the shaded region is good for pooja rooms.

Office room

This room is for official duties. To carry out office works and meet persons in respect to business / work. Many professionals keep office room in houses. Most lawyers, engineers and doctors have such rooms.

This room should be built in the south Agni, South Niruthi, West niruthi areas. Tables and chairs should be facing north or east directions.

Reception room

Reception room Vastu

Now we will see the vastu remedies for reception room. Reception room is also called drawing room. This is the first room when we enter the house. The dimensions for this room will vary according to the dimension of the site. This room can be placed at East Esanya, South Agni, South, West, West Vaayu, North Vaayu, North, North Esanya areas. If you plan to install air-conditioning in this room you should avoid North Esanya and East Esanya areas. The best areas, according to vastu, to build drawing room is mentioned below in the picture.


In the picture the shaded region is good selection for reception room.

Main entrance / door

Placement for Main entrance

The main entrance of the house is called as ‘Thalai Vaasal’ in Tamil. The entrance can be put up in east, west, south, north sides. South Agni, West Vaayu, North Eesanya, East Eesanya are good placements.

The main entrance door the house should not be kept on East Agni, South niruthi, West niruthi and North Vaayu.

There should not be any mountain, tall trees, Electric posts, Telephone posts, Temples, well opposite to the main entrance.

The size of the door should be proportional to the size of the house. The doors of the main entrance should be opening inwards. When putting doors near corners of wall keep few inches from the corner.

When entrance is built on western side there should be door on the opposite side, i.e east. Similarly when there is entrance on the south put entrance on the east.

Generally Eastern and Northern entrance are auspicious.

Brahma Sthan

Central area of the house

The central area of the house is important. This is a holy place which, scientist call ‘Cosmic Energy Generation Point’. So our ancestors in India kept these areas open while building house. Not only you keep this area free from roof and other structures but also keep it clean and holy.

Good Vastu Site House / Building

Which is good vastu Site?

The construction of a building / house starts with the selection of a proper site. Generally we give preference to good accessibility to road and transport facilities, good water facility and other conveniences. We check the panchayat / corporation approval, site map, site approval, layout approval and other things. Of course, these are important legal formalities for bank loan and mortgages. To live a peaceful, healthy lives in the newly built houses we need to check whether the site is appropriate according to vastu shastra.

Good vastu sites must be in perfect square or rectangle shapes. If there are irregularities in lengths or in irregular shapes like diagonal, tetra, pentagonal shapes those sites should be rejected.

It is preferable if the north and east sides of the construction site are lowered and south, west portions are slightly heightened. The site should not belong to temples, should be positioned just opposite to temples. There should not be any suicide deaths in the site. It should not be cemetery, graveyard, churchyard and other burial grounds. It should not be nearest to river, canal and other waterway. If there is any mountain near northern and eastern side of the site that place should be avoided. According to vastu those sites that have rivers on south and western sides should be neglected.

One must use magnetic compass to properly mark the spatial directions in the construction site.

The following ratios should be kept: 1:1, 1:1.25, 1:1.5, 1:2 are the appropriate ratios for breath and length. For example if breath is 40 feet length must be 40 or 50 or 60 or 80 feet only. Other measurements are not acceptable.

• The site can be elongated only in north-east direction only.
• It is better to have mountain or tall structures on the western and southern site of the site.
• It is better to have river or other water sources in the north-eastern side of the site.
• It is better to have streets along the four sides of the site.

The site that is on the east of our site should be equal or lowered to our site and should not be higher.

The site that is on the west of our site should be higher.

The site that is on the north side of our site should be equal or lowered to our site and should not be higher.

The site that is on the west of our site should be equal to our site or higher.

If our site or part our site face the street it is called ‘Theru kuthu’. The following diagram / picture will tell which position of site facing street is good or bad.

Beneficial Street Facing:

South Agni, North Eesanya, East Esanya, West Vaayu are beneficial

Inauspicious street facing:

East Agni, South niruthi, West Niruthi And Vaayu are inauspicious.

Before starting construction of house:

Before starting construction of house / building consult with a good vastu consultant for vastu remedies for the site. Then draw plan with help of civil engineer.

1. Build a water tank or borewell first in the north-eastern corner of the site. Then only start other works. This should not be on the line connection two corners of the site.
2. Construct the house in the manner that there is more space on north and eastern side of the house and less space on the south and western sides.
3. Before building house, build compound wall on the south and western side.
4. The house walls should not be touching compound wall. There should be sufficient gap.

Empty space around the house:

There should be sufficient space around the house in order to provide sufficient air ventilation / circulation and good lighting. In these empty spaces we can plant flower trees, build sceptic tank, borewell, car shed etc. Few vasthu points to be noted are:

1. There should not any structure in the Esanya corner.
2. The empty space on north and east sides should be greater than the empty space on south and west sides.
3. North – east Eesanya should not be closed for any reason, in other word leave this space empty. According to vastu this space makes only live equal to that of Indhira and kubera.
4. Before starting construction Bhoomi pooja must be done.

According to vast East and northern areas of the site should not be loaded with weight. This is the rule laid by vastu shastra. By providing sufficient empty space on these sides this important are is freed from overweight.

Vastu Directions

Indian Vastu shastra considers eight spatial directions (Ashta thig). Now we will see those Ashta thigs and their lords.


Vasthu Directions and their lords:

1. East – Indhira (Lord of Devas)
2. South – Yama (Lord of Death)
3. West – Varuna (Lord of Rain)
4. North – Kubera (Lord of money/prosperity)
5. North-East – Esanya (Shiva)
6. Sourth-East – Agni (Lord of fire)
7. South-West – Niruthi (Lord of Water)
8. North-West – Vaayu (Lord of Air)

Vastu purusha

What is vastu purusha?

Vastu pursuha is the lord of this earth upon which we construct buildings. The earth is symbolized by vastu purusha. In a 12 months year he will be present in 12 astrological rasi /signs. Out of these twelve months he will wake up in only 8 months. In these 8 months also he will be awake only for 1.5 hours of time. In this brief time he will brush his teeth, take bath, offer prayers to god, take food and take 'Thamboolam'. For these 5 tasks he will take 18 minutes for each task.

The better time to start digging basement is during vastu purushas meal time (food taking) and thamboola. The best time is during 'Thamboolam'.

Best month, date and time. All month names are given in Tamil months.

Chithirai - 10th - 8.54 to 9.30 AM
Vaikasi - 21st - 10.06 to 10.42 AM
Aadi - 11th - 7.42 to 8.18 AM
Aavani - 6th - 3.18 to 3.54 PM
Ippasi - 11th - 7.42 to 8.18 AM
Karthikai - 8th - 10.54 to 11.30 AM
Thai - 12th - 10.06 to 10.42 AM
Maasi - 20th - 10.06 to 10.42 AM

As mentioned already the better time is first 18 minutes and very best good time is second 18 minutes.

Vasthu sastra - Introduction

What is Vasthu Shastra?

Vastu Shastra is the ancient Indian art-cum-science of constructing and laying out buildings, houses and other structures. Vastu sastra is Indian equivalent for Chinese 'feng shui'. In fact our Indian ancestors have refined these method over many years and as a result, today we have time-tested vastu remedies for various problems in buildings. Vastu is proper placement of various rooms and layouts so that they go easy with natural flow of energy.

Our living world is composed of five elements or panch boodhas namely air, earth, fire, water, space. Vastu is used build our houses and rooms inside them in certain ways to prevent mishaps by these basic elements of nature. The chinese 'Feng Shui' is also based on these principles. In vastu directions are important. The rooms for different purpose are to be built in different directions for ideal results.

Our ancestors have experimented with this ancient science and refined it over the time. Vastu helps to live a peaceful, healthy and prosperous life in our houses. Vastu remedies are also used in business, office, shops and factories. You should consult a good vastu consultant before starting construction of your house. Be sure the consultant is experienced and reliable in his profession. There are different vasthu remedies for kitchen, bedroom, living room, etc.,

This blog is to help you understand the basics of vastu shastra and application of this vastu sastra in real life situations.