Vastu Shastra is an ancient Indian science based on five fundamental energy which are responsible for life on earth and affect everything to varying degree that happens. Understanding & utilizing their knowledge can help move from negative energy towards a life full of positivity. Vastu principles not only limited themselves to the design of the house but also consider other factors as surroundings, plot direction.
At times It’s difficult to implement Vastu principles and rules in already constructed house / building, still altering usage / modifications can bring lot of improvements. However, in case of a new construction, it is far easier and more beneficial to adopt to Vaastu rules or plot activation or land/ building activation.
Plot Surrounding: One should take care of plot’s surroundings as it could be one of the many factors that can bring happiness or sorrow. For example plots surrounded by plants, trees and greeneries are considered auspicious.
Roads near plot: Plot facing the road in north or east is considered auspicious as this results in more space in Northeast which provides positive energy of sunlight.
Plot near Public Place: Residential plot near any public place like- school, hospital, temple or college etc. according to Vaastu as one can face issues as lack of peace, concentration etc. However, if public place is located over 100 meters away from the plot, is acceptable.
North and East of the plot: North and East, esp. northeast provides positive energy via sunlight and there should not be obstacles as big buildings, bridge, heavy structure, etc. in the northeast of plot.
South of the plot: Unlike Northeast, If the south of your plot is heavy and has hillocks, mounds of earth, big buildings, heavy structure, etc. it is considered beneficial.
Vastu principle provides the guidelines and principles to be adopted from selection of land to construction. On the other hand, one can invoke / activate the energy by proper puja so as to make the use of the energy to make one happy, healthy and wealthy by channelizing it following the Vastu principles. One can do it by Land & Building activation Residential property activation, Industrial property activation, as well as Farm or Spiritual property activation.
Pyramid also helps to create prosperous and secure surroundings as it is considered a source of cosmic power. If the site has any Vastu defect, pyramid plate will harmonies the energy field in a positive way but should be used in a proper way under guidance of a professional Vastu consultant.
It is a must to worship the plot (land) before starting any construction activity. The worship (puja, prayer) should be done in northeast of the plot on any auspicious Vastu Mahurat (day & time) for house by a learned Pandit. The owner must make the first digging on the auspicious day & time as determined by a learned astrologer. An auspicious day & time is based on the panchāngam or the five components (Thithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Var) of that particular date or day & time. Muhurat is dependent on the position of the moon, sun, planets w.r.t. earth. Good panchanga does not means that particular day & time is good for every person.
भूमि पूजन मुहूर्त
Good or bad day & time for a given person is decided on the Janma Nakshtra (planetary situation during birth) of that person. If the person’s Janma Nakshtra is compatible with the Nakshtra of that particular day & time, then that day is considered good date for him. Further auspicious time or Subh muhurtha is calculated based on a particular geographic location, its sunrise time as the starting point. Duration of an auspicious moment is usually 80 to 90 minutes. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday are considered good while Sunday or Tuesday are not considered good to start construction of house and should be avoided.
Starting day of house construction if in Shukla Paksha (growing / waxing phase of moon) brings happiness, while in Krishna Paksha (Waning phase of moon) brings loss. Starting of any work on Bhumi (Land) as laying of foundation stone, starting excavation and construction, putting the main door are best done on particular dates of specific months, to make full use of the cosmic energy for the betterment of residents with comforts, health and longevity, peace and prosperity. Vaastu Purush must be worshipped before start of any new Construction or Renovation.
Generally, there will no new work as new construction of house, temple, palaces, house warming (griha-pravesh) etc. is done during the period of Ashadh Shukla to Kartik Shukla, when it is believed that gods are in sleep (Dev Shayan). Dakshinayan (winter solstice) that is the night of Deities begins lasting four months till Bodhini Ekadashi.
भूमि पूजन विधि
1. Digging of the foundation should start from Northeast. The logic behind this way is to keep the Northeast low and light to allow positive energy to flow.
2. One should start construction work of a building only after Vaastu Puja (Bhumi Pujan). Construction of building should start from Southwest and proceeds towards Northwest / Southeast and should end at North-East. Find below the effects of months during which the construction work is started.
Month | Effect |
March-April | Financial loss and fearfulness |
April-May | Brings good results |
May-June | Lead to the fear of death |
June-July | Loss of cattle wealth |
July-August | Good for family welfare |
August-September | Good for family welfare |
September-October | Unnecessary fight and enmity |
October-November | Wealth gain |
November-December | Fear of many things |
December-January | Fear of fire and other troubles |
January-February | Good for entire family |
February-March | Gain in wealth, richness etc. |
Here we give some of the effects of building the house in a particular day of the week.
Day | Effect |
Sunday | Fear of Fire |
Monday (Shukla Paksha) | Happiness and all-round prosperity |
Monday (Krishna Paksha) | Avoid start of work |
Tuesday | Bad effects, fear of fire and death |
Wednesday | Gain in wealth, happiness, family welfare etc. |
Thursday | Long life, happiness, children will have name and fame |
Friday | Happiness, peace of mind, positivity. |
Saturday | Negative effect on residents as debt, sorrow, misery, laziness, etc. |
Once the construction work is over, the next step is Gruh Pravesh (house warming) in the new house. Months of January – June are considered most auspicious for overall benefits. All days except Tuesdays (Sunday, Saturday in some part of India) are considered auspicious. Gruh Pravesh should always be done in the during the day.
Vastu principle provide holistic guidelines from site selection to construction including orientation of rooms, directions, height of rooms, positions of doors etc. It even provides guidelines for construction of a town, temple, cattle shed, or any other building for the benefit of mankind.
Griha Pravesh (house warming) is also an important consideration as per astrology.
Once the house is complete, one selects an auspicious moment as determined by the astrological considerations for start of occupying the house. The first official entry in house on the selected auspicious time called Graha Pravesh (house warming) is considered a auspicious event. This puja is done so as to keep negative energy away from entering the new home.
Grihya pravesh pooja starts with Ganesha puja (Ganapati). Puja is to invoke the gods and nine planets to act as witnesses to the ceremony. Offerings are made to fire (Agni) which is supposed to convey it to the gods. Offerings made to fire result in the smoke having medicinal which is used to disinfect and purify the air. Family carries the havan kunda into every room of the house.
Puja should be conducted in supervision of a learned priest.
Vaastu Shanti puja is a worship to deity of directions, five elements of nature and natural forces. Vaastu shanti literary meaning ‘peace to elements of Vastu’ is intended calm down defect / negative energy due to any type of Vaastu defect. Defects can be due to land, building, surrounding, orientation, environment and to avoid major changes and demolition in the structure of building.
