Vastu for home: the best zone for every room
Vastu Shastra places each room of a home by direction, measured from the centre. This page gives the preferred zones for every room under two schools, and the order in which to check your own home.
These rules are a draft rule set, pending review by our consultants. Treat them as a guide, not a verdict.
Preferred zones, room by room
| Room | 16-zone | Traditional 8-direction |
|---|---|---|
| Main entrance | N, NNE, NE, E | N, NE, E |
| Kitchen | SE, SSE, S, W, NW | SE, NW |
| Master bedroom | SW, S, WSW, W | SW, S, W |
| Bedroom | S, W, WSW, NW, E, NNW | W, NW, E, S |
| Toilet | SSW, WNW, ESE | NW, W |
| Pooja room | NE, ENE, E, W | NE, E, N |
| Living room | N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, NW, NNW | N, E, NE, NW |
| Study | WSW, NE, E, W | NE, E, N, W |
| Staircase | S, SSW, SW, WSW, W | S, SW, W |
| Balcony | N, NNE, NE, ENE, E | N, E, NE |
The zones to avoid, with the reason for each, are on the room pages: main door, kitchen, bedroom, toilet, pooja room, staircase.
The order to check your home in
- Find true North first. Every zone depends on it. Use a compass from the centre of the home and confirm against a satellite map. Use the Vastu compass.
- Find the centre. Both schools keep the centre of the home open. A toilet, kitchen or staircase there is the first thing to look for.
- Check the rooms you cannot move: the main door, the toilets and the kitchen.
- Then the rooms you can rearrange: bedrooms, study and pooja room. Swapping the use of two rooms costs nothing.
Building a house or buying a flat
If you are building on your own plot, check the plan before the drawings are final. Moving a toilet on paper is free. If you are buying a flat, the plan is fixed, so check it before you book. Vastu for a flat covers that case.
When two sources disagree
The traditional school uses 8 directions and the 16-zone school uses 16 zones, so they can place the same room differently. The table above shows both. Where they agree, the reading is firm. Where they differ, know which school the person advising you follows. Where the two schools disagree.