What You Must Avoid:

• Avoid kitchen directly under or above pooja/prayer room.
• Do not have kitchen directly under or above toilets.
• Avoid kitchen directly under or above bedroom.
• Do not place cooking gas burner or stove directly in front kitchen’s entrance door.
• Do not have main door of kitchen in any corners; place it in East, North or West wall.
• A kitchen in North-East causes mental tension among family members and they suffer great losses.
• Kitchen in South-West leads to clashes among family members.
• A kitchen in North-West direction is acceptable but it leads to increase in monetary expenditure.
• Most dangerous kitchen is the one placed in North direction; as North is Lord Kubera’s (the God of Wealth) direction, having kitchen in North will increase expenditure of family beyond expectations and control.
• Never face west while cooking as this leads to severe health problems to the cook.
• If – while cooking – the cook faces south then family has to face monetary losses.
• Avoid black color for kitchen wall and flooring.
• Avoid keeping refrigerator in North-East direction.

What You Must Do:

• Place platform of the kitchen in East and South-East corner.
• Put cooking gas burner or stove in South-East corner of kitchen, make sure that it is a few inches away from wall.
• Provide “L” shaped platform, next to the kitchen’s main platform, near South wall and use this platform for keeping and operating microwave ovens, mixer/grinder etc.
• Use North-East to set up wash-basin or sink in the kitchen.
• Use North-East or North side to keep drinking water and utensils for drinking water.
• Keep grain boxes, pulses, various spices, salt etc. in South or West direction.
• Have two windows/gaps in East and West walls of kitchen and place an exhaust fan in any of the windows/gaps.
• You can optionally place a dining table in North-West or West side of kitchen.
• Keep light weight things in East or North in kitchen.
• Build mezzanine floor in West or South of kitchen.
• The cook must always face towards East while cooking; this ensures good health of family members.
• Use yellow, orange, rose, chocolate or red as floor and wall colors of kitchen.
• You can place a refrigerator in South-East, South, West or North direction of Kitchen. If the refrigerator is in South-West direction then place it a foot away from wall else it will often get out-of-order.
• Give sacred offering to fire of the first thing you prepare in kitchen to make sure peace and prosperity.
• Clean kitchen, kitchen platform and utensils daily at night before sleeping.