Is the chaukhat (frame) included when calculating door aay?
No. Only the door itself is measured; the chaukhat and the upper and lower thresholds are not.
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Can you repeat the door aay formula?
Multiply the length by the width and divide by 8; the remainder is the aay. For example, a door 36 inches wide and 72 inches (6 ft) high gives 36 x 72. Remember that even x even always gives an even remainder.
Flats usually have a single-shutter main door. Is it good to add a mesh (jali) door in front, so you can see who is outside?
Yes, a jali door can be made; it is called the supporting door of the main door and is an old tradition, since double paata frames were made earlier, with a jali door on one side and a two-shutter door. It needs a double paata chaukhat with a suitable dehleez, which builders generally do not provide in flats, so ask the builder; without that dehleez and frame the second door cannot be fitted.
If a lift opens directly into the house, does it work as the main door?
A door is an opening with a threshold (dehleez) and a frame (chaukhat). Energy does come in through a lift, but only while the lift is there and open; when it is closed or has gone down, no energy comes from it, so it does not act like a proper main door.
In door power, along with quartz crystals, can gomti chakra, yellow mustard and white mustard be added?
Yes, and more than ten grains can be used. If the pit is dug about 10 to 11 inches deep, add yellow mustard. In the dehleez, white mustard must always be put, in good quantity.
Is a glass panel fixed above the door for light included in the door height for aay?
No. The chaukhat is the four-piece frame, and a window or glass above it is not counted in the door aay, because fixed glass stays closed; glass that opens and closes would be counted. Fixed glass above a door is itself used as a remedy.
Should the door shutter sit on top of the dehleez or in front of it?
On top of it: the door is fitted above the dehleez, the lower wood of the frame.