Kitchen in the Centre (Brahmasthān)
SevereFire over the Brahmasthān contradicts the open-centre rule.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
Vastu · Defects
Every named classical Vastu defect in one place — filter by room, zone or severity to find its citation and remedy.
Fire over the Brahmasthān contradicts the open-centre rule.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
Fire in the NE works against the lightness the texts want for the Ishana corner.
Manasara, Ch. 7 (Ishana corner)
Fire in the earth corner (SW/Nairṛti) sits against the home's heaviest, most grounding zone.
Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53 (Nairṛti, SW)
A bedroom load over the Brahmasthān contradicts the open-centre rule.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
A heavy master suite loads the light NE corner the texts want kept open.
Modern Vāstu — keep the NE light (after Manasara, Ch. 7)
A staircase through the centre cuts the Brahmasthān.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
A staircase load presses down the lightest corner.
Modern Vāstu — keep the NE light (after Manasara, Ch. 7)
A wet/heavy use over the Brahmasthān contradicts the rule that the centre stay open.
Modern Vāstu — Brahmasthān openness (after Mayamata, Ch. 7)
Placing 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)
A drain in the SW (Nairṛti) works against the stability the corner should anchor.
Modern Vāstu — heaviness of the SW (after Bṛhat Saṁhitā, Ch. 53)
A 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)
A 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)
A 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)
The 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)
Sleeping 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)
An 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)
A shrine in the South (Yama) is commonly discouraged.
Modern Vāstu convention
A shrine in the SW is commonly discouraged; the NE is the favoured place for worship.
Modern Vāstu convention
Heavy storage weighs down the light NE corner.
Modern Vāstu — keep the NE light (after Manasara, Ch. 7)
A 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)
A toilet beside the SE fire corner is commonly held to soften Agni; manageable with simple upkeep.
Modern Vāstu — wet function beside Agni (interpretive)