The స్నానఘర belongs in the పశ్చిమ, వాయవ్య. It is kept out of the ఈశాన, నైఋత్య. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ఉత్తర | Acceptable | — |
| ఈశాన | Avoid | జల |
| పూర్వ | Acceptable | — |
| ఆగ్నేయ | Acceptable | అగ్ని |
| దక్షిణ | Acceptable | — |
| నైఋత్య | Avoid | పృథ్వీ |
| పశ్చిమ | Ideal | — |
| వాయవ్య | Ideal | వాయు |
పశ్చిమ. 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.
వాయవ్య. 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.
ఈశాన. 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.
నైఋత్య. 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.
పశ్చిమ, వాయవ్య — 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.
ఈశాన, నైఋత్య — 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.