Vastu Tips for Kitchen: Direction, Colours, Sink & Position of Stove

The most useful vastu tips for kitchen: vastu direction for kitchen, vastu colours for kitchen, vastu shastra for kitchen sink, best position of stove in kitchen and other useful kitchen vastu remedies and tips for each directions.

Common Vastu Dosh in Kitchen

  1. Kitchen above or below a toilet or bed room.
  2. Kitchen and toilet should never share a common wall.
  3. Kitchen should never be situated in the North East or North direction.
  4. Kitchen should not face the main door of the house.
  5. Kitchen and bathroom door should not be opposite to each other.
  6. Puja room or the prayer room should not be above the kitchen.

The Direction of Kitchen – Best Place


The South-East direction is called the “Agni” Disha. And in any kitchen, the most essential factor is fire. As per Vaastu Shastra, the element Fire governs in the direction South-East and so this directions of the house is best for kitchen.

However, if South-East direction isn’t possible, one can place the kitchen in North-West direction. In the kitchen, cooking gas or stove should be placed in South-East direction in such a way that person cooking must face East.

The North-West direction for kitchen is best suited for the South facing house. As in this scenario, it gets difficult to have the Kitchen in the South-East. So the Kitchen maybe set up in the North-West corner.

In the North West kitchen, cooking gas or stove should be placed in South direction in such a way that person cooking must face East.

Also in the North-West kitchen, the cooking stove can be placed in the North-West or West {alternative directions when it is nearly impossible to place gas stove in South}.

Kitchen Directions to Avoid

Note that one must avoid making kitchen in any other direction. Placing the kitchen other than South-East or North-West corner of the house may lead to lots of unrest, quarrels, and misunderstandings between the family members.

It will also bring unsaid, unnecessary expenditures. At no cost should the Kitchen be constructed in the North-East or the East or the North direction.

Electrical and Kitchen Items

All the kitchen electrical items such as microwaves, grinders, and the oven should be placed in the South-East corner of the Kitchen.

The sink should be in the North-East and storage should be along the South-West wall. The refrigerator/fridge should be in the North-West, South-East, South, or West direction.

Make a note that fridge shall never be placed in the North-East.

Dining Table and Color Of The Kitchen

If there is a dining table in the Kitchen, it should be placed on the North or West side. The door to the toilet should not face the dining table.

Kitchens should be painted yellow, rose, red, orange, or chocolate brown. Never use white or black color for kitchen. The color Green, however, can be used to fix vaastu defects, if required.

Other Must-Follow Vaastu Rules For Kitchen

  1. Always place water sink in the North-East and at the maximum distance from cooking gas.
  2. Windows in the kitchen should be in East direction and the ventilators or exhaust fans should be in South.
  3. Water storage/water purifier/taps should be in North-East.
  4. Dinning table shall not be placed in the centre of the kitchen. Place it in the North-West.
  5. Sink should be in the North-East corner of the kitchen.
  6. The slope of the water flow should be from South-West to North-East.
  7. The gas cylinder should be placed in the South-East corner.
  8. The storage should always be on the Southern and the western walls.

Must follow these rules for kitchen in the house.