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Vastu calculator for your home
Compare where your rooms sit with the commonly cited Vastu zones, see the planning reason, and find out what to do if a room cannot move.
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No rooms placed yet. Choose a zone for at least one room to see the count.
How does this Vastu calculator work?
It compares the zone you mark for each room with the placement Vastu guidance commonly cites.
Find north on your plan, then divide the plan into nine equal parts and see which part holds each room. Our house facing direction finder helps with the reading. Some practitioners use finer grids, so a room near a line may read differently to them. If a room spans two zones, mark the one that holds most of it.
Each result gives the cited placement, the plain planning reason and what to do if the room cannot go there. The reasoning follows our architect's guide to Vastu for modern homes, which treats Vastu as a design input to resolve at the planning stage, alongside light, structure and flow.
Where does Vastu usually place each room?
The table gives the commonly cited placement for each room and the planning reason that usually agrees with it.
| Room | Commonly cited placement | Planning reason |
|---|---|---|
| Main entrance | North, east or north-east | Morning light and a cooler, shaded approach |
| Pooja room | North-east | A quiet corner that takes the first light |
| Living room | North or east | Even daylight without low western glare |
| Kitchen | South-east | Morning light while cooking, out of the afternoon sun |
| Master bedroom | South-west | Thick, closed walls against the afternoon sun and the summer loo |
| Staircase | South, west or south-west | A tall, heavy mass that shields the rooms behind it |
| Overhead water tank | South-west | Weight kept off the light, open north-east |
| Toilets | West or north-west | Services on an outer wall, away from the open north-east |
| Centre of the house | Kept open (brahmasthan) | A court or double-height space that brings light and air into the middle |
| Dining room | West | A room used at set mealtimes can take the west side, provided its windows are shaded |
| Children's bedroom | West or north-west | It leaves the south-west for the master bedroom, as long as the west wall is short and shaded |
| Guest bedroom | North-west | A short-stay room can sit at the edge of the plan, near a toilet and apart from the family bedrooms |
The first nine rows follow our guide. Dining, children's and guest rooms come from published Vastu guides, which vary more on these rooms.
What if a room cannot move?
Then solve the need behind the placement some other way. Most of them are about light, heat and privacy.
Main entrance
Place the door in the part of the frontage your family or Vastu advisor prefers, and let a porch or foyer turn the approach. A court or light well can still keep the north-east open inside the plan.
Pooja room
Give it a quiet spot away from the stair and the toilets, with an east or north opening if the plan allows one. A well-placed alcove can do the job of a separate room.
Living room
Borrow north or east light through a court, and shade any west glass with a deep verandah or a jaali. The aim is even daylight, and there is more than one way to get it.
Kitchen
Keep it on an outer wall with good ventilation and shade any west-facing window. Do not squeeze it into a dark strip because a chart asks for a corner: a kitchen that works matters more.
Master bedroom
Protect the room the way the south-west corner would: shorter, shaded openings on the hot sides, and a verandah, jaali or planted edge in front of them. The south-west can then take a wardrobe, store or stair instead.
Staircase
Try to keep it out of the north-east and the centre. If it must go elsewhere, protect the hot sides another way, with storage, a verandah or a jaali. Settle this early, because the stair fixes the structure and, on a builder floor, every level above.
Overhead water tank
Set it over a wall or column line your structural engineer has sized for the load. The structure decides first. If the south-west will not work, south or west are the usual alternatives; keep it away from the north-east and the centre.
Toilets
Keep them on an outer wall so they can vent, and stack them so the pipes run short. Settle the position before the plumbing is set, because a toilet moved late is costly and rarely improves the plan.
Centre of the house
Where a full court will not fit, a light well, a skylight or a double-height void can still bring light and air into the middle of the plan. Keep the centre clear of the stair if you can.
Dining room
Let the kitchen decide. A dining table a few steps from the kitchen serves the family better than one in the cited zone at the far end of the house. Some published guides also cite north-west or east.
Children's bedroom
Daylight, cross-ventilation and a quiet position matter more for this room than its zone. Any west-facing window needs shade, and some published guides also accept the east.
Guest bedroom
Put it where guests can reach it without crossing the private part of the house. On many plots that means the ground floor near the entrance, whichever zone that falls in.
What does the count tell you?
Only how many rooms sit in the commonly cited zone. The count is not a measure of a good house.
A house can match every row and still be dark, hot or awkward to live in. Another can miss several and work beautifully, because its light, shade and circulation were resolved another way. So read the reasons, not just the number.
This tool gives no 0 to 100 rating and no verdict on your house, and it suggests nothing to buy. We use Vastu for its practical sense and make no claims for it beyond comfort, light and a plan that works.
What comes before Vastu on a real plot?
Bylaws and structure. Vastu is traditional guidance, and it works best inside those limits.
Setbacks, coverage and height are set by the rules for your plot, and a column line or a tank load is set by the structure. Neither can be traded for a zone, so check them first and arrange the rooms within them.
Much of the guidance also makes climate sense here. In Hisar the hottest weather comes from the south-west, where the loo blows through May and June, so a house that is closed to the south-west and open to the north-east is turned away from its harshest weather. Our note on climate-smart design in Haryana explains the sun, shade and courtyards behind that.
(Vastu and planning guides)
Vastu calculator: common questions
Does this Vastu calculator give my house a score?
It gives a plain count, such as 6 of 9 rooms matching the commonly cited zone. There is no 0 to 100 rating and no verdict on the house, and the count is not a measure of a good house.
Do all Vastu texts and practitioners agree on room placement?
No. Vastu is traditional guidance, and texts and practitioners differ, especially on rooms such as the dining room and children's bedroom. The tool shows a commonly cited placement. If your family follows a particular advisor, their reading should guide you.
Where should the kitchen be as per Vastu?
The commonly cited placement is south-east. The planning reason is morning light while cooking, out of the afternoon sun. If the kitchen cannot go there, keep it on an outer wall with good ventilation.
Where should the master bedroom be as per Vastu?
The commonly cited placement is south-west. In Haryana the planning reason is practical: thick, closed walls against the afternoon sun and the summer loo.
Where should the staircase be as per Vastu?
Usually in the south, west or south-west of the house, and away from the north-east and the centre. The planning reason is a tall, heavy mass that shields the rooms behind it.
What should I do if several rooms do not match?
Look at the reason behind each room first. Often light, shade or ventilation can be solved another way, and the tool lists a planning option for each room. Before construction, the plan can still change. An architect can review it alongside the bylaws and structure.
Want an architect to look at your plan? Once you have placed a room, the calculator above can send your room list to us on WhatsApp. You can also reach us through our contact page. Building in Haryana? Meet the Hisar studio. In the tricity, the Chandigarh studio in Mohali.