Piṅgalā

Solar channel (right)

Solar nāḍī flanking suṣumṇā on the right. Red, heating, associated with the sun and the ascending vital breath. Mirrors iḍā: curves to meet suṣumṇā at ājñā and terminates at the right nostril.

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Sources

Sat-Chakra-Nirūpaṇa v.1 (primary_canonical)

Woodroffe, The Serpent Power p.108 (secondary)

“The Nāḍī Piṅgalā… sunlike in nature, courses on the right.”

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