Matsyapurana 93.86

93.86

grahatārābalaṃ labdhvā kṛtvā brāhmaṇavācanam
gṛhasyottarapūrveṇa maṇḍapaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ //

The devotee should get the blessings invoked by Brâhmaṇas, after selecting an auspicious day, according to the benign influences of planets and stars, and then make a pandal to the north-east of the house, or a square pandal, measuring 10 or 8 hands, should be made to the north-east of a temple of Śiva.—86-87.