This self-check asks sixteen short questions about the home you live in and shows how closely it matches the Vastu texts and conventions. It does one thing that most Vastu checklists do not: it tells you, for every question, whether the rule is classical, modern or just good sense, and it counts the classical rules for more. The result is a percentage, three bars, and a plain list of what lines up and what differs, with a gentle note on each. There is no pass mark and no prediction.
What the three labels mean
Classical means the rule rests on a verse we have read. For this tool that is the Brihat Samhita of Varahamihira, chapter 53, in two English translations: the kitchen in the south-east and the room of the gods in the north-east (53.118), water by direction (53.119), care of the central squares of Brahma (53.66), and sleeping (53.124). If you give the bearing of your main door, the classical table of 32 entrance padas is added as one more classical point.
Modern means a convention of present-day Vastu with no verse we could cite: the master bedroom in the south-west, the toilet away from the north-east, the stove in the kitchen’s south-east corner, the cook facing east, the staircase and the living room, and heavy storage on the south or west side. They have an internal logic, and many people find them useful.
Practical means good sense on any reading: a clean, lit entrance, daylight, fresh air and a home free of damp. Every guide agrees on these, and they cost almost nothing.
How the score is worked out
Each question has three answers: yes, no, and “not sure or does not apply”. The last is the default, so you only answer what you know, and anything you skip is left out of the calculation. A flat’s fixed plan, a rented home and a house you have not yet seen are all handled this way.
An answer that matches earns the question’s weight, and one that does not earns nothing. Classical questions weigh 3 and modern and practical ones weigh 1, so a classical rule counts for three times as much as a modern one. The result is the weight earned divided by the weight of the questions you answered, shown as a percentage. The door bearing, if you give it, adds the classical entrance table: a favourable pada earns the whole weight, a mixed or disputed pada half, and a cautioned pada none. You need to answer at least five questions for a score.
Three bars show the classical, modern and practical points on their own, because a single number would hide the difference between a verse and a habit.
How to read the result
Start with the bars, not the headline. A home can match every practical point, most classical points and few modern ones, and that is a perfectly good home. Most ordinary homes, and nearly every flat, score somewhere in the middle, because an architect drew the plan and not a text. A lower figure describes the plan. It says nothing about the people who live in it, their health, their money or their luck, and this site makes no such claim.
Under the bars, the result lists the points that differ, each with something small that can be done, and then the points that line up. Many of the suggestions are free: turn a bed, move a cupboard, change where you stand at the stove, fit a bulb by the door. None asks for demolition, and none asks you to spend money on a product. If a point cannot change, as most cannot in a flat, the note says so and leaves it there.
What to do with it
Use it as a way to see your home through the texts and, above all, to see which advice is old and which is recent. If one question puzzles you, the tools for sleeping, for the kitchen and for rooms go deeper on it, and the phone compass gives you the directions to answer with. The guide to the entrance and its 32 padas explains the table behind the optional door question.
If your score is low and you feel uneasy, read remedies without demolition first. Do not rebuild, move out or spend money because of a percentage.
Where it falls short
It cannot see your plot, the road, the slope or how you live, and it is not a survey by a qualified practitioner. Its classical questions are limited to what we could check in two translations of one text and a summary of another, so “not named” does not mean no text says it. It is one reading of an old tradition, shown with its working, for reflection.
Frequently asked questions
↳ What is a good Vastu score?
There is no pass mark. Most ordinary homes match only some points, and a lower figure describes the plan, not the people. Look at the three bars, and remember that the modern and practical points count for less than the classical ones.
↳ Why do classical rules count three times as much?
Because they rest on a verse we can name, while the modern rules are conventions with no verse behind them. The weights are our choice, shown openly, and the three bars let you read each kind alone.
↳ Can I use it for a flat or rented home?
Yes. Choose "not sure or does not apply" for anything fixed or unknown, and those questions are left out. The result then reflects only what you can speak to, and nothing in it asks you to change a rented home.
↳ Does a low score mean bad luck or poor health?
No. This tool makes no claim about luck, health or money, and the classical texts read for this site do not say a home's plan decides them. A low figure means the home differs from the texts and conventions, which is normal.
↳ Should I change my home to raise the score?
Not unless a change is free and easy, such as turning a bed or moving a cupboard. Nothing here asks for demolition, rebuilding or buying a remedy. Practical points such as light, air and a dry home are the best place to start.