Vastu Compass: Find the 16 Zones of Your Home
Stand at the centre of your home, point the top of your phone at a wall and tap the compass button, or type the bearing. The dial shows which of the sixteen Vastu zones that direction is, its element and attribute, and which rooms suit it.
Guide
What this tool does
Vastu divides the space around the centre of a home into zones by direction, and everything else in the tradition, which room goes where, where water or fire belongs, where the entrance sits, follows from them. This tool turns your phone into a Vastu compass: point it at any wall from the centre of the home and the dial names the zone, gives its element and attribute, and lists the rooms that suit it and those the tradition avoids there.
How to use it
- Stand at the centre of the home and hold the phone flat.
- Tap the compass button. iPhones ask once for permission; Android phones start at once.
- Point the top of the phone at a wall, door or room. The dial and the reading follow it.
- Without a sensor, type the bearing in degrees: 0 is north, 90 east, 180 south, 270 west.
The sixteen zones
| Zone | Bearing | Element | Attribute |
|---|---|---|---|
| N · Uttar | 0° | Water (Jal) | Money and opportunities |
| NNE · Uttar-Ishan | 22.5° | Water (Jal) | Health and immunity |
| NE · Ishan | 45° | Water (Jal) | Clarity and wisdom |
| ENE · Purva-Ishan | 67.5° | Air (Vayu) | Recreation and fun |
| E · Purva | 90° | Air (Vayu) | Social connections |
| ESE · Purva-Agneya | 112.5° | Air (Vayu) | Analysis and churning |
| SE · Agneya | 135° | Fire (Agni) | Fire and cash |
| SSE · Dakshin-Agneya | 157.5° | Fire (Agni) | Power and confidence |
| S · Dakshin | 180° | Fire (Agni) | Fame and relaxation |
| SSW · Dakshin-Nairutya | 202.5° | Earth (Prithvi) | Disposal and release |
| SW · Nairutya | 225° | Earth (Prithvi) | Relationships and stability |
| WSW · Paschim-Nairutya | 247.5° | Earth (Prithvi) | Education and savings |
| W · Paschim | 270° | Space (Akash) | Gains and profits |
| WNW · Paschim-Vayavya | 292.5° | Space (Akash) | Detox and release of worry |
| NW · Vayavya | 315° | Air (Vayu) | Support and movement |
| NNW · Uttar-Vayavya | 337.5° | Water (Jal) | Attraction and intimacy |
Kua directions
If you have used the Kua number calculator with your date of birth and gender remembered, the dial marks your four favourable directions, the Vastu side of that tool. Clear them with the Forget link on any date-of-birth field.
How to read your result
The zone reading is the tradition's description of that direction's quality. The lists of rooms are the placement rules used by the Room placement checker. None of it predicts anything; it is a map of where the tradition would put things.
Updated October 29, 2026
Learn more
- What is Vastu? Directions, elements and the mandalaWhat Vastu Shastra is, where it comes from, what it claims and does not, and the three ideas every lesson here builds on. Lesson 1 of the free course.
- Finding north and the centre of your homeTaking a reliable compass bearing, what declination is, finding the brahmasthan of the built area, and what to do with an odd-shaped plan. Lesson 2.