Kitchen Vastu Direction to Harness Positive Energy

According to Vastu guidelines, the location and direction of your kitchen will greatly affect how the energy flows in your home, your health, and the overall harmony of your home. 

• The Southeast Direction (The Best Direction)

The Southeast direction of your home is the most ideal location for a kitchen as it is ruled by the element “Agni,” or fire. Ideally, you would cook with your face pointed towards the east as doing so will create a positive environment, improve your health, and create a more balanced lifestyle.

• The Northwest Direction (The Second-Best Direction)

If your Southeast corner is not an option, the Northwest corner would be the next best choice. The air is ruled by the Northwest; therefore, cooking here will have excellent ventilation and airflow. Although a kitchen in the Northwest can provide you with stability, it will take a little extra effort to create a balanced energy flow.

Other Acceptable Directions

• West direction: Neutral in terms of attributes; it supports function but may need proper light and ventilation to create a balance.
• South direction: Acceptable under certain circumstances; careful consideration must be given to avoid too much heat and/or discomfort.

Directions to Avoid

As per Vastu Shastra, some directions are strongly discouraged for designing a kitchen. As they can seriously impact the balance of energies in the home, leading to health concerns, losses, and an imbalance in the harmony. A Vastu-friendly kitchen should avoid these directions: 

• Northeast direction: It would create emotional instability and disrupt the mind’s peacefulness.
• Southwest direction: may cause instability in finances, increased stress levels, and negative health effects.
• North direction: may disrupt the flow of money to you or disrupt your overall sense of peace and well-being.

Vastu and Kitchen Design have an essential role in creating functionality and harmony in one’s home. Because the kitchen is typically used on a daily basis, it can greatly influence an individual’s daily routine, health, and overall positive energy in a home. Through proper planning, better ventilation, natural light, and efficient layout can be achieved.
By designing your kitchen as per Vastu Shastra, you will create balance between the key elements (Fire and Water), which will improve your Kitchen’s flow and reduce chaos. It is thought that Vastu supports positive energy, well-being, and a more organised and calming home.

According to Vastu principles, people must focus on the positioning of each element in the kitchen.

Stove Placement

According to Vastu, the stove should be in the southeast corner of your kitchen, such that the person cooking the food should face east. Also, make sure that the gas stove direction, as per Vastu, should not be directly near the sink or the water storage. 

Sink and Water Placement

Don’t keep the sink and the stove directly next to each other, as an incorrect Vastu alignment of the sink might create a clash between the fire and the water element.

Refrigerator Placement

According to the kitchen Vastu principles, the refrigerator is associated with the element of earth, and is placed in a direction like southwest, west, or adjacent to the south wall.

Storage Cabinets and Appliances

Ensure that the heavy cabinets and storage units are best placed along the south or the west walls of the kitchen. Similarly, electrical appliances such as an oven, microwave, juicer or mixer should be kept in the southeast.

Door Entrance of the Kitchen

The most favourable directions for the kitchen entrance door should be east or north. It is also recommended that the doors should not be designed near the corners.

Windows Placement

Vastu for the kitchen suggests that the kitchen windows should be placed on the east wall and also recommends placing an exhaust fan over the window.

The best colours for the kitchen include cream, yellow, peach, light green, and light shades of orange. These colours enhance positivity and better health.
However, Vastu also recommends that the usage of dark colours in the kitchen, such as dark blue, black, and deep grey, should be avoided as they might disturb the energy balance.

Refer to the table below to find out the most appropriate kitchen face as per Vastu based on the house direction:

In your modular kitchen layout, the cooking area or the stove should be placed in the southeast section, while the cabinets and electrical appliances should be placed on the south and the west sides.

It is also advisable to ensure proper ventilation and clutter-free organisation of the kitchen essentials in the modular layout for better kitchen workflow.

According to the Vastu of kitchen, the ideal kitchen size should be 10 x 12 feet or 8 x 10 feet. Such a size gives sufficient space to keep all the kitchen essentials and enough room for the cook and the people to work easily in the kitchen.

To maintain convenience and easy functionality, Vastu recommends that the dining room be close to the kitchen. Most probably, it should be placed in the east, west, or the northwest direction. Moreover, people dining should face east or the north direction.

Aligning the kitchen as per Vastu Shastra principles is key to an auspicious cooking space. Here are some vital kitchen Vastu tips.

• Avoid Building the Kitchen Near the Prayer Room: To avoid mixing energies in the kitchen with the spiritual energies and the calmness of the prayer room.
• Keep Distance Between the Kitchen and the Bedroom: It can disturb the soothing and calm atmosphere of the bedroom.
• Main Distance With the Main Entrance and the Kitchen: it can disturb the positive energy flow. 
• Design the Kitchen Door Carefully: Place the kitchen door in the west, east, or north direction for efficient energy circulation.
• Do not design the Kitchen in the Northeast or Southwest Direction: Place crystals (For northeast direction) in the kitchen, or keep a bowl of rock salt (For southwest direction) to maintain energy balance.
• Realign a Northwest Kitchen: Vastu recommends playing a lemon and sugar dish post-cooking, which can help in realigning the energies in the northwest kitchen.
• Improve Energy Flow of the Kitchen in the North Direction: Hanging a garlic wreath at the main entrance can be an efficient Vastu remedy to avoid the aftereffects of a north direction kitchen.
• Face East While Cooking: The direction of the rising sun brings positive energy, which is why, if possible, perform cooking while facing east.

Select Soothing and Light Kitchen Colours: Light colours such as peach, light yellow, or light green can create an atmosphere of calmness and positivity, so make sure to use light shades on the walls and interiors.