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Vāstu Defects Catalog
Every named classical Vāstu defect — filter by room, zone, severity or search the explainer. Each row carries the chapter-level citation from the texts astrologers actually train from.
Kitchen in the Centre (Brahmasthān)
SevereFire over the Brahmasthān contradicts the open-centre rule.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
Kitchen in the North-East (Ishana)
SevereFire in the NE works against the lightness the texts want for the Ishana corner.
Manasara, Ch. 7 (Ishana corner)
Kitchen in the South-West (Nairṛti)
SevereFire in the earth corner (SW/Nairṛti) sits against the home's heaviest, most grounding zone.
Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53 (Nairṛti, SW)
Master bedroom in the Centre (Brahmasthān)
SevereA bedroom load over the Brahmasthān contradicts the open-centre rule.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
Master bedroom in the North-East (Ishana)
SevereA heavy master suite loads the light NE corner the texts want kept open.
Modern Vāstu — keep the NE light (after Manasara, Ch. 7)
Staircase in the Centre (Brahmasthān)
SevereA staircase through the centre cuts the Brahmasthān.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
Staircase in the North-East (Ishana)
SevereA staircase load presses down the lightest corner.
Modern Vāstu — keep the NE light (after Manasara, Ch. 7)
Toilet in the Centre (Brahmasthān)
SevereA wet/heavy use over the Brahmasthān contradicts the rule that the centre stay open.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
Toilet in the North-East (Ishana)
SeverePlacing a toilet in the NE (Ishana) — the corner the texts keep purest and lightest — is the most-flagged Vāstu defect; this applies the classical purity principle to a modern attached toilet.
Modern Vāstu — purity of the Ishana corner (after Manasara, Ch. 7)
Toilet in the South-West (Nairṛti)
SevereA drain in the SW (Nairṛti) works against the stability the corner should anchor.
Modern Vāstu — heaviness of the SW (after Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53)
Entrance in the South (Yama)
ModerateA South entrance opens to Yama's quarter — acceptable when the door's exact pada and the owner's lagna match; otherwise commonly held neutral rather than favoured.
Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53 (Yama, South)
Entrance in the South-West (Nairṛti)
ModerateA SW entrance is commonly held to compromise the heavy grounding corner the home should anchor.
Modern Vāstu — heaviness of the SW (after Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53)
Kitchen in the North (Kubera)
ModerateA kitchen in the North sets fire against Kubera's direction — his wealth quarter, treated in modern Vāstu as a cooler, water-aligned zone — commonly held a real defect, not a trivial one; the SE (Agni) is the ideal, the NW the usual fallback.
Modern Vāstu — fire off the North (interpretive)
Master bedroom in the North-West (Vayu)
ModerateThe NW air corner is associated with movement — usable for a master suite but less settling than the SW.
Modern Vāstu — the NW air corner (after Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53)
Master bedroom in the South-East (Agni)
ModerateSleeping in the SE fire corner (Agni) is commonly held to raise restlessness; better suited to the SW.
Modern Vāstu — the SE is the fire corner (after Manasara, Ch. 9)
Open / balcony / cut in the South-West (Nairṛti)
ModerateAn open balcony / cut / void in the SW works against the heaviness the corner should carry.
Modern Vāstu — heaviness of the SW (after Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53)
Pooja / shrine in the South (Yama)
ModerateA shrine in the South (Yama) is commonly discouraged.
Modern Vāstu convention
Pooja / shrine in the South-West (Nairṛti)
ModerateA shrine in the SW is commonly discouraged; the NE is the favoured place for worship.
Modern Vāstu convention
Storage in the North-East (Ishana)
ModerateHeavy storage weighs down the light NE corner.
Modern Vāstu — keep the NE light (after Manasara, Ch. 7)
Toilet in the East (Indra)
ModerateA toilet in the East is held to block the morning light the home should draw in.
Modern Vāstu — keep the East open to light (after Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53)
Toilet in the South-East (Agni)
MinorA toilet beside the SE fire corner is commonly held to soften Agni; manageable with simple upkeep.
Modern Vāstu — wet function beside Agni (interpretive)









