North-facing homes are widely favoured in Vastu; the north is associated with Kubera and opportunities. They also get steady, indirect daylight on the front in the northern hemisphere.
Ideal in mainstream Vastu
Inside: rooms rated Ideal for each zone. Outside ring: the 32 entrance padas —green = auspicious, amber = mixed (Brihat Samhita 53.72–75 reading).
Best main door position
On the north wall, counting from the north-west corner, the 3rd, 4th and 5th padas (N3 Mukhya, N4 Bhallata, N5 Soma) are the classical favourites. Doors at the extreme north-west (N1–N2) are generally avoided.
Pada
Deity
Classical reading
N1
Roga
Not listed
N2
Naga
Not listed
N3
Mukhya
Auspicious
N4
Bhallata
Auspicious
N5
Soma
Auspicious
N6
Bhujaga
Not listed
N7
Aditi
Not listed
N8
Diti
Not listed
How to confirm your home is north facing
Stand in your main doorway and face outward. If you are looking north, the home is north facing. Measure it with the compass in house-facing mode, or — more reliably in apartments — trace your building on the map direction finder. A building tilted more than about 20° is closer to a corner (vidisha) facing.
Recommended layout
A typical north-facing plan uses the front north-east for the living room or pooja, the south-east for the kitchen, the south-west for the master bedroom at the rear, and the north-west for guest room, toilet or parking.
Room placements in Vastu depend on the zone, not on the facing — a south-east kitchen is ideal whichever way the house faces. What the facing changes is where the entrance and circulation fall. To find where each of your rooms falls, use the floor plan analyzer or the Vastu Checker.