As the Vaastu Shastra is the science of living in our house in harmony with nature.We will try to study this science right from the begining of entring in to a house.

Graha Pravesh (i.e. first entry into the newly built house) is also as important aspect of Vastu-Shastra. After the house is complete in all respects, living in that house is started at some auspicious moment determined on astrological considerations. The first entry in the house at the auspicious moment is called Graha Pravesh ceremony. Three types of Graha Pravesh have been mentioned in the scriptures:-

Apoorva - First entry to live in house newly constructed on a newly selected land is called Apoorva (new) Graha Pravesh.

Sapoorva - Entry into an already existing house to live in it after traveling abroad or migration elsewhere, is called Sapoorva Graha Pravesh.

Dwandwah - Entry into a house to live in it after reconstruction/renovation of the house damaged by fire, flood waters, electricity, wind etc. is termed as Dwandwah (or old) Graha Pravesh.

Scriptures have described the procedures of Graha Pravesh at auspicious time (muhurat) and purity (defectless) of Panchang. For Apoorva Graha Pravesh perfect auspicious time should be adhered to and fro Graha Pravesh in a reconstructed house or after migration the purity of Panchang should be given consideration.

If the doors of a house are not fitted with shutters, or the roof is not covered, or the God, Vaastu have not been worshipped and offered sacrifices, and if the priests etc. have not been offered feast, first entry into such house (Graha Pravesh) should not be accomplished till the above things are completed, otherwise living in that house will be full of troubles and miseries. Therefore living in a house should be started only after offering sacrifices and worshipping Vaastu as per procedure given in scriptures.

Entry into a house built of grass and leaves etc. may be performed on any auspicious day. In houses built with bricks, stone, mud, cement etc. the first entry is auspicious when the sun is Uttarayan.

As far as possible Graha Pravesh should be accomplished in the day only, it will be auspicious. Normally, it can be done at any auspicious moment in the day or night. Guru (Jupiter) or Shukra (Venus) being set (invisible) i.e. Tara does not matter in case of Graha Pravesh in a old renovated house.

For the ceremony of giving food to a child for the first time (Anna Prashan), wearing new clothes, daily travels, first entry into an old renovated house and entry of a bride in the house, invisibility (setting) of Jupiter (Guru) and Venus (Shukra) i.e. Tara should not be considered, only the purity and auspiciousness of the Panchang should be considered in such cases. Auspicious months for Graha Pravesh and the results of the same are as given below -

Besides these, the months of Kartik and Margshirsh give medium results. Graha Pravesh in the months of Ashadh, Shravan, Bhadrapad, Ashwin Paush is inauspicious and causes loss, troubles and pains, and fear of enemies.

The tithies (dates) 4/9/14 and 30 (Amavas - no moon night) should be avoided and Graha Pravesh should not be done on Tuesdays.

One has to be very careful while making the blue print of the home. If optimization in space utilization is gelled with vastu shastra then you can make a sweet home out of a house. Read the below mentioned points to prepare the master blueprint for your home:

• Kitchen should be in south-east and platform should be in east.
• Sink should be on left side of the platform and gas (cooking range) should be on right side of the platform.
• Dining room should be in the west.
• Racks or almirahs should be in south & west direction in all the rooms.
• Doors of each room should be facing east.
• Never fix a mirror on south and west wall if possible.
• Toilets & bathrooms should be in southeast or northwest portion.
• Cattle shed if any should be in northwest, away from north wall.
• Bedrooms should be in south and west.
• Master bedroom should be in southwest.
• Pooja room should be in northeast. All photos or idols should be facing east or west only.
• All rain water should flow from south to north and west to east only.
• Drainage pipes should be in north or east portion of the plot or house.
• Toilet seat (W.C.) should be north south only. It should not be east west
• Septic tank should be in central-east towards south or central-north towards west.
• No cellar to be made in residential construction and if it is necessary if should be in north-east corner.
• Out houses should not touch the compound wall of north and east side.
• Staircase should be in south, west or south-west but if it is wooden than it can be anywhere even in north or east.
• Stairs should go from north to south or east to west.
• Stairs should always be in clock wise direction.
• Over-head water tank should be in South-West. And if it is in north-west, then any other higher structure to be made in south-west. It should not touch the slab it should be above and on four pillars.
• Anything under ground should be in north or east.
• Anything above ground level should be in south or west.
• Porch should not touch the north or east compound wall.
• Big trees should not be grown in north or east. They should be in south or west side of the house.
• Total number of windows and doors should be in even number for each floor, but should not end in zero like 10, 20, 30, etc.
• Ventilation plays a very important role in Vastu, good cross-ventilation therefore is necessary.
• Keep all the four sides of construction open, even is smaller constructions at least two sides should be kept open, keeping just one side open is bad as per vastu.
• Water tanks on the roof in the south-west direction are auspicious. These should never be placed in north or north-east (eeshanya) corner.
• Underground water tank (for storage of water) well, hand-pump, boring etc. should be built in north-east direction only. Height of these water bodies should never be above the plinth level of the main building.
• All the doors and windows should be of the same height upper edges being in the same straight line.
• There should not be a door above a door. This principle does not apply on multistorey buildings. Height of the door on upper floor should be kept less than that on the lower floor.
• If more than one door is required, doors should be constructed in the positions as suggested in the Vastu Shastra, but no two doors are opposite each other.
• Guest room or drawing room should be in the north or west direction.
• Room for the watchman or guard should be built near the gate in the boundary wall on the left side. His quarter should be on the left side of the gate.
• Toilet is auspicious if constructed in north-west corner. If necessary or in case of lack of space it may be constructed in any direction, but the seat in the toilet should be such that when using the toilet one should face towards south or north only.
• Boring or well or any pit should be in north-east.
• Never put the poster of crying girl, war scene, sexy scenes, angry man and pigeon, crow, owl or eagle, these are inauspicious.
• Never keep standing pose of Ganesh, Laxmi and Saraswati whether it is a photo or idol.
• In bed rooms, always use bed of 4 (four) legs only. Never use box type bed because it stops the air circulation under the bed which is also bad for health.
• All the heavy and permanent items should be placed in the south-west corner of the building or plot.
• As far as possible there should be only one main door of the house, which should be adorned with auspicious symbols.
• Family life will be more and more happy if more heavy items are placed in the rooms on the south-west and south-sides.
• The more lighter (weightless) items are there in the north, north-east and north-west directions, the more happier will be the life of the family in the house.
• T.V., Radio or any other such device for entertainment should be placed near the south west corner.
• Only new wood should be used throughout in the construction of a house, there remains no default relating to Vastu. At the most two or three types of wood may be used.
• If only one kind of wood is used throughout in the construction of a house, there remains no default relating to Vastu. At the most two or three types of wood may be use.
• While sleeping head should be in south or west but never in north.
• Never keep leg on leg while sleeping.
• Face east or north while reading or transacting any business deal.
• Face east while cooking, west will be allowed if there is no alternative, but never face south while cooking.
• Never eat or drink in standing position.
• While sleeping head should be kept in the east or south. Never sleep with feet towards south or east.

X- Doors not allowed in this position = Doors allowed in this position. If there is no choice you can put doors in the center of any of the four directions.

* 1. In the bedroom, if the head is towards the South.

* 2. Toilet is allowed NW Corner also.

VAASTU TABLE - After carefully analysing the fundamental principles of vaasthu,a diagrammatic representation of the best directions for each and every type of room according to its varied uses is illustrated in the following table. It should be noted that where more than one room is mentioned for a particular direction, the best room choice is mentioned at the top.

FAQ [Frequently Asked Question]:

• What is Vaastu Shastra?
  The science which deals with the construction of houses, palaces, temples and town is called Vaastu Shastra. It reads the characteristic of houses and explains the effect of the same to the inmate of houses.

• Who one should refer to Vaastu?
  The sciences like astrology, palmistry and numerology, if practiced and climinated its bad effects, it may some how nullified its negative aspects but destiny can not be changed by referring the science called Occult.

• What is the ideal plot/house?
  The ideal plot is the one whose length and breadth are same and ideally facing each side of plot to exact north direction, south direction, east direction and west direction, and the house constructed in this plot shall also be ideal, if utility rooms are constructed as per the norms of Vaastu Shastra.

• Why directions are important in Vaastu Shastra?
  The Sun, as our ancestor revealed long back is the only source of light and heat for human and other living being, from where we are able to live and feel the presence and direction of object. Therefore, the Sun, rising Sun is like a god, who gives us our essentials to live in, and the direction from where it is apparent to the entire world is taken as reference as the EAST direction. So the East direction is considered to the pious direction from where we get our main essentials. If we face the rising sun, the facing direction is called East, behind us shall be West, our left hand denotes North direction and right hand denotes South direction, therefore, the effect of the direction leads to its result to the building / house constructed therein.

• What is the best direction of the house?
  The house/building faces east or north direction; the same is called auspicious subject to the other factors also laid down as per Vaastu Shastra.

• What should be the proportion of length and breadth of house?
  Ideally, the proportion between length and breadth should be 1:1.

• Does the size of rooms affect the fortune of the person who is living in?
  Yes, the size of length, breadth or both affects the fortune of inmates.

• What are the main factors to be considered regarding the doors of the house?
  As per the Vaastu Shastra, the number of doors and windows of a house should be even in numbers.

• Can facing of main door be decided?
  Yes, the zodiac sign of the owner of the house, on whose name the deed of house is made can be taken as reference, and according to zodiac sign of the owner main door can be fixed. But since the houses are used generation after generation and in every generation the owner of house is changed the main door if fitted as per the location of plot and road abutting according to Vaastu Shastra then only it may be considered auspicious.

• What should be the depth of the foundation of the house?
  As per Vaastu Shastra the foundation should be of 9 feet, but presently as because of sky rise multi-story building are coming up, day by day, the depth of foundation shall depend on the load bearing capacity of soil and the number of story, going to be constructed and the material to be used for construction.