The স্নানঘর belongs in the পশ্চিম, বাযব্য. It is kept out of the ঈশান, নৈঋত্য. Every other direction is workable, and every fault below has a traditional remedy.
Bathrooms and toilets are the rooms the tradition most wants kept away from the protected corners — not because of the compass alone but because of water, waste and the drainage that follows them. Where they cannot be moved, the remedies are about containment.
| Direction | Verdict | Element |
|---|---|---|
| উত্তর | Acceptable | — |
| ঈশান | Avoid | জল |
| পূর্ব | Acceptable | — |
| আগ্নেয | Acceptable | অগ্নি |
| দক্ষিণ | Acceptable | — |
| নৈঋত্য | Avoid | পৃথ্বী |
| পশ্চিম | Ideal | — |
| বাযব্য | Ideal | বাযু |
পশ্চিম. West is one of the two placements the tradition is comfortable with for a bathroom — it takes water and waste without disturbing a protected corner.
বাযব্য. The north-west is the classical bathroom corner: the direction of movement and of things that pass through, which is exactly what a bathroom is.
ঈশান. A bathroom in the north-east is the fault the tradition treats most seriously, because waste and drainage sit in the corner every school asks to be kept clean and light. Where it cannot be moved, the remedies are containment: the door kept shut, the space scrupulously dry and clean, drainage checked, and no worship on the other side of that wall.
নৈঋত্য. A bathroom in the south-west puts drainage under the corner that should be heaviest and most settled, which the tradition reads as leakage from the household’s foundation. The usual remedies are keeping the room dry and closed, and restoring weight to the south-west elsewhere in the plan.
পশ্চিম, বাযব্য — West is one of the two placements the tradition is comfortable with for a bathroom — it takes water and waste without disturbing a protected corner.
ঈশান, নৈঋত্য — A bathroom in the north-east is the fault the tradition treats most seriously, because waste and drainage sit in the corner every school asks to be kept clean and light. Where it cannot be moved, the remedies are containment: the door kept shut, the space scrupulously dry and clean, drainage checked, and no worship on the other side of that wall.
No. The tradition assumes you cannot move a kitchen or a staircase, which is why almost every placement rule comes with a remedy — usually a change within the room (where the hob sits, which way the bed faces, what is stored in a corner) rather than a change to the building.