Authority and decisions are in
wiki/06_roadmap/VEDIC_CHARA_ARGALA_SOURCE_RESEARCH_2026-10-12.md and its
implementation plan. sources.json identifies the reviewed editions and
author-hosted sources. PDF coordinates are one-based and distinct from printed
pages. Source PDFs/OCR/rendered pages remain outside the repository.
These fixtures were prepared before the new evaluators:
chara_source_cases.json: 24 printed sequence rows (288 cells), three
method-1 and seven method-2 printed durations, and the twelve female-profile
durations selected from prose. The printed Cancer value remains ten; the
selected own-sign rule gives twelve. No claim of twelve printed matches.argala_source_cases.json: PVR Exercise 16’s twelve by eight occupancy table,
BPHS’s hypothetical chart with the publisher’s Rahu/Gemini erratum, and Rath’s
standard-nativity positions and bounded comparison witnesses.source_conflicts.json: printed versus selected values, the resolved erratum,
and unresolved BPHS/PVR/Rath questions. They are not executable selector IDs.legacy_regression.json: twenty existing Argala outputs and both existing
Chara cycle counts captured before repairs. This is implementation regression
evidence, not independent source authority. Argala lineage text/receipt are
intentionally excluded from the numeric compatibility comparison.All source charts here specify signs, not fabricated historical degrees. Synthetic degree cases in the tests establish selected clause and boundary semantics; they do not add precision to the printed charts. Independent rational arithmetic on the exact binary input checks quarter boundaries. Literal printed sequence arrays are never generated through an engine helper.
One fixture preparation correction occurred during source validation: Rath’s article selects Sagittarius/Ketu using Jupiter’s influence. The initial fixture also asserted that Jupiter in Pisces did not aspect Gemini; that extra assertion was not in the article. Independent Jaimini geometry shows that all three are dual signs, so both Gemini and Sagittarius receive rasi drishti. C12 now records both aspect witnesses as true, retains the source’s winner separately, and requires an indeterminate runtime comparison. No asymmetric aspect or invented factor ranking was introduced to reproduce the printed judgment.
Refresh requires a reviewed witness/interpretation change. Never regenerate expected answers from production output or treat software parity as a primary source oracle. Fixture hashes identify evidence; they do not prove correctness.