Free home-planning guide
Check the entrance, kitchen, bedrooms, pooja room, bathrooms, facing, and eight zones. Start with the guide, then review your actual floor plan free.
Updated September 27, 2026
Published by GharVaastu.
Traditional guidance, clearly separated from practical building considerations.
The short answer
Vastu Shastra is a traditional Indian system for organizing buildings by direction, room use, proportion, and the five elements. For a home, it is commonly applied to the main entrance, kitchen, bedrooms, pooja space, bathrooms, open areas, and the centre of the plan.
Vastu and Vaastu mean the same thing. A useful review starts with the complete floor plan. A home should not be labelled good or bad from its facing alone.
Start here
Use a compass at the property and mark north on the floor plan before assigning any room to a Vastu zone.
Open the compassStand inside the home at the main door and face outward. Record the direction rather than relying on a broker's description.
Read the entrance guideReview the full outline of the usable home, then map north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-west, west, and north-west.
Understand the eight zonesLook at the kitchen, bedrooms, pooja area, bathrooms, balconies, cuts, and extensions together. One preferred room does not settle the whole review.
Upload a floor planThese are common traditional preferences, not pass-or-fail rules. Flats and existing homes often require trade-offs, so review the full layout and practical living needs.
| Home area | Best direction | Avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Main entrance | North, East or North-East | South-West facing entrance |
| Kitchen | South-East | North-East placement |
| Master bedroom | South-West | North-East |
| Pooja room | North-East | South-West or under stairs |
| Bathroom / toilet | East or North-West | North-East or centre |
| Staircase | South or West | North-East |
| Underground water tank | North-East | South-West |
| Overhead water tank | South-West | North-East |
| Centre (Brahmasthan) | Keep open and clutter-free | Heavy construction or toilet |
| Store room | South or West | North-East |
Simple Vaastu tips
Practical direction and placement tips while building, moving in, or living in your home. Use with GharVaastu's free report and compass for your exact layout.
North, East, NE preferred
Avoid: Irregular cuts, heavy construction blocking the North-East corner.
North, East, North-East
Avoid: Water storage in South-West without expert guidance.
North, East, North-East
Avoid: Broken door, darkness at entrance, water feature blocking the door.
East, North, North-East
South-West
Avoid: Mirror or TV directly facing the bed.
West, North-West, North-East
South-East (fire zone)
Avoid: Kitchen directly under or above toilet/pooja without remedies.
West, East, North
Avoid: Eating while facing South regularly.
North-East (Ishanya)
Avoid: Pooja under staircase or sharing wall with toilet.
North-West, West, South
Avoid: Toilet in North-East or centre of the home (needs expert remedy if already built).
North, East, North-East
Avoid: Blocking South-West; it should stay solid and heavy.
Facing is only one factor
The direction you face while leaving through the main door is commonly called the house facing. Traditional preferences vary, and a carefully planned south- or west-facing home may suit a family better than a poorly planned east-facing home.
Traditionally preferred by many families and often valued for morning light.
Great for main door and pooja. Verify with compass at site.
Traditionally associated with opportunity; the complete internal layout still matters.
Keep North side open; good for entrance and living areas.
Can still be considered when the entrance position and internal room layout work well.
Review the complete plan instead of rejecting the property from facing alone.
Can still be considered; traditional guidance focuses on the entrance and internal zones.
Check kitchen and bedroom zones; compare multiple flats.
Before paying token money
Add both properties and compare room placement, facing, and report findings side by side. Treat the result as one input alongside legal, structural, financial, and location checks.
Compare homes freeAsk it in your own words
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Can I improve Vastu without breaking walls?
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Which of two flats is better as per Vaastu?
You do not need to know the technical term. Describe the room, direction, or property decision and the Vaastu assistant will guide you to the relevant tool or page.
Ask the Vaastu assistantBoth spellings refer to the same traditional Indian architectural system. Vastu is the more common search spelling, while many people and businesses use Vaastu.
Traditional guidance considers the plot and entrance direction, the home's centre, and the placement of rooms such as the kitchen, bedroom, pooja room, and bathroom. Review the whole floor plan rather than judging a home by facing alone.
North, east, and north-east entrances are commonly preferred in traditional Vastu. The exact door position and the rest of the layout also matter, so a south- or west-facing home should not be rejected from facing alone.
Mark north on the floor plan, confirm the main-door facing from inside the home, locate the centre, and map each room to its direction. Then review entrance, kitchen, bedrooms, pooja space, bathrooms, balconies, and major cuts or extensions together.
No. Vastu is a traditional cultural framework, not a scientifically established way to guarantee health, wealth, relationships, or future events. Use it as one preference alongside safety, legal checks, budget, daylight, ventilation, and structural advice.
Confirm north and the entrance direction, map rooms to the eight directions, and review the complete layout. GharVaastu can help organize that traditional review from a floor plan; its score is guidance, not a scientific certification.
Often, families begin with low-disruption choices such as changing room use, furniture placement, lighting, ventilation, or clutter. Do not make structural, electrical, plumbing, or fire-safety changes without qualified local professionals.
Not from facing alone. Compare the entrance position, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, centre, daylight, ventilation, building quality, legal documents, price, and location before making a property decision.
Upload one plan and get a room-by-room traditional Vaastu review, free with no sign-in.