diff --git a/docs/research/panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21.md b/docs/research/panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21.md
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+# Panchanga local ↔ jyotishganit comparison — TEMCQ-061
+
+Date: 2026-07-21
+
+This packet closes the first local comparison step for the Panchanga schema ticket without writing a new Panchanga algorithm.
+
+## Result
+
+- Local method: `scripts/muhurta.py::calc_panchanga`
+- Case: Steve Jobs
+- Compared fields: `vaara`, `tithi`, `nakshatra`, `yoga`, `karana`
+- Result: 4 exact matches + 1 naming alias
+- Truth upgrade: 0
+
+## Field comparison
+
+| Field | Local | jyotishganit | Status |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| vaara | Thursday | Thursday | within_tolerance |
+| tithi | Shukla Tritiya | Shukla Tritiya | within_tolerance |
+| nakshatra | Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Bhadrapada | within_tolerance |
+| yoga | Shubha | Shubha | within_tolerance |
+| karana | Garija | Gara | alias_match |
+
+`Gara` and `Garija` are recorded as a naming alias, not a formula mismatch.
+
+## Boundary
+
+This is still `research_observation_only`. It does not upgrade Panchanga to global truth because VedAstro and PyJHora/JHora five-field normalized packets are not pinned for this same comparison, and sunrise-relative semantics still need multi-case closure.
diff --git a/docs/research/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.md b/docs/research/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.md
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+# Panchanga TEMCQ-061 schema packet — 2026-07-21
+
+## Result
+
+- Status: `schema_mapping_required`
+- Normalized fields ready: `0`
+- Truth upgrades: `0`
+
+## Observed jyotishganit raw
+
+- Vaara: Thursday
+- Tithi: Shukla Tritiya
+- Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada
+- Yoga: Shubha
+- Karana: Gara
+
+## Blockers
+
+- Local archived high-rigor raw lacks a normalized Panchanga field.
+- PyJHora/JHora normalized Panchanga raw is not archived.
+- VedAstro shared Panchanga endpoint/method is not pinned.
+- Naming and calculation conventions must be fixed before field comparison.
+
+## Boundary
+
+This is schema mapping only. It does not prove Panchanga parity or production timing readiness.
diff --git a/docs/research/three_engine_jyotishganit_bridge_applied_2026_07_21.md b/docs/research/three_engine_jyotishganit_bridge_applied_2026_07_21.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Three-engine jyotishganit bridge applied — 2026-07-21
+
+## Status
+
+- Claim status: `observation_only`
+- Truth upgrades: `0`
+- Source selected hash: `4709b8ade84efdea4d0a67c15f3e32cea516a5aa2e8abe3885578feda20cb3f4`
+
+## Applied rows
+
+- Existing TEMCQ tickets mapped: `18`
+- No existing ticket: `1`
+
+Mapped groups:
+
+- D2/D4/D9/D10 sign rows → existing `endpoint_or_varga_semantics` tickets.
+- BAV/SAV rows → existing `ashtakavarga_table_or_contributor_variant` tickets.
+- Panchanga → no old mismatch ticket; create a separate closure row before comparison.
+
+## Boundary
+
+This packet only proves that jyotishganit selected raw can be routed into the
+existing closure queue. It does not prove formula truth, timing readiness, or
+commercial production tuning.
+
+Shadbala remains an explicit gap because the current jyotishganit probe does not
+expose `shadbala` or `strengths` in selected raw.
diff --git a/references/oracle/evidence_packet_index_2026_07_19.json b/references/oracle/evidence_packet_index_2026_07_19.json
index e46ebf8f..41011109 100644
--- a/references/oracle/evidence_packet_index_2026_07_19.json
+++ b/references/oracle/evidence_packet_index_2026_07_19.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "production_tuning_allowed": false,
   "boundary": "Index of current governance packets only. Raw oracle artifacts remain in references/oracle/artifacts and are not all duplicated here.",
   "summary": {
-    "packet_count": 118,
-    "blocked_or_partial_count": 51,
+    "packet_count": 120,
+    "blocked_or_partial_count": 52,
     "human_review_required_count": 3
   },
   "packets": [
@@ -953,6 +953,22 @@
       "claim_status": "partial",
       "consumer_policy": "research_observation_only",
       "claim_boundary": "Classifies BAV/SAV rows into partial consensus or multi-engine variant; public worked table and method metadata still required."
+    },
+    {
+      "packet_id": "panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21",
+      "path": "references/oracle/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.json",
+      "domain": "three_engine_parity",
+      "claim_status": "open_queue",
+      "consumer_policy": "research_observation_only",
+      "claim_boundary": "Creates TEMCQ-061 Panchanga schema mapping queue from jyotishganit raw; local/PyJHora/VedAstro normalized fields remain missing or unpinned."
+    },
+    {
+      "packet_id": "panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21",
+      "path": "references/oracle/panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21.json",
+      "domain": "three_engine_parity",
+      "claim_status": "partial",
+      "consumer_policy": "research_observation_only",
+      "claim_boundary": "Compares local calc_panchanga against jyotishganit for five Panchanga labels; one Karana alias remains naming-only and no global truth upgrade is made."
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/references/oracle/panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21.json b/references/oracle/panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21.json
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+++ b/references/oracle/panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21.json
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+{
+  "scope": "panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison",
+  "ticket_id": "TEMCQ-061",
+  "created_at": "2026-07-21",
+  "claim_status": "partial",
+  "truth_matrix_allowed": false,
+  "production_tuning_allowed": false,
+  "algorithm_reuse_policy": "reuse_existing_local_muhurta_calc_panchanga_no_new_algorithm",
+  "source_local_method": "scripts/muhurta.py::calc_panchanga",
+  "source_local_input": {
+    "case": "Steve Jobs",
+    "source_artifact": "references/oracle/artifacts/local_steve_jobs_high_rigor_raw.json",
+    "sun_lon_reconstructed_from_sign_degree": 312.5175,
+    "moon_lon_reconstructed_from_sign_degree": 344.5165,
+    "weekday_convention": "0=Sun ... 6=Sat",
+    "weekday_used": 4,
+    "hour_from_sunrise_used": 6.0
+  },
+  "local_normalized_raw": {
+    "vaara": "Thursday",
+    "tithi": "Shukla Tritiya",
+    "nakshatra": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+    "yoga": "Shubha",
+    "karana": "Garija"
+  },
+  "jyotishganit_observed_raw": {
+    "@type": "Panchanga",
+    "karana": "Gara",
+    "nakshatra": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+    "tithi": "Shukla Tritiya",
+    "vaara": "Thursday",
+    "yoga": "Shubha"
+  },
+  "field_comparison": [
+    {
+      "field": "vaara",
+      "local_value": "Thursday",
+      "jyotishganit_value": "Thursday",
+      "status": "within_tolerance",
+      "reason": "same weekday name"
+    },
+    {
+      "field": "tithi",
+      "local_value": "Shukla Tritiya",
+      "jyotishganit_value": "Shukla Tritiya",
+      "status": "within_tolerance",
+      "reason": "same paksha+tithi label"
+    },
+    {
+      "field": "nakshatra",
+      "local_value": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+      "jyotishganit_value": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+      "status": "within_tolerance",
+      "reason": "same nakshatra label"
+    },
+    {
+      "field": "yoga",
+      "local_value": "Shubha",
+      "jyotishganit_value": "Shubha",
+      "status": "within_tolerance",
+      "reason": "same yoga label"
+    },
+    {
+      "field": "karana",
+      "local_value": "Garija",
+      "jyotishganit_value": "Gara",
+      "status": "alias_match",
+      "alias_rule": "Gara == Garija",
+      "reason": "naming alias only; not treated as formula mismatch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "summary": {
+    "fields_total": 5,
+    "within_tolerance": 4,
+    "alias_match": 1,
+    "formula_mismatch": 0,
+    "unit_mismatch": 0,
+    "truth_upgrades": 0
+  },
+  "still_blocked": [
+    "VedAstro shared Panchanga endpoint/version not pinned",
+    "PyJHora/JHora Panchanga normalized packet not archived for this five-field comparison",
+    "single-case agreement cannot establish global Panchanga oracle truth",
+    "sunrise-relative semantics and local civil-time convention still require explicit multi-case contract"
+  ],
+  "supersedes_schema_gap": "references/oracle/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.json",
+  "boundary": "local_jyotishganit_panchanga_field_observation_not_global_truth"
+}
diff --git a/references/oracle/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.json b/references/oracle/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a34dc7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/references/oracle/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "scope": "panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet",
+  "created_at": "2026-07-21",
+  "ticket_id": "TEMCQ-061",
+  "claim_status": "open_queue",
+  "production_tuning_allowed": false,
+  "truth_matrix_allowed": false,
+  "source_ticket_placeholder": "references/oracle/three_engine_field_status_batch_2026_07_21.json",
+  "source_jyotishganit_probe": "references/oracle/jyotishganit_field_probe_steve_jobs_2026_07_19.json",
+  "closure_status": "schema_mapping_required",
+  "summary": {
+    "normalized_fields_ready": 0,
+    "truth_upgrades": 0,
+    "observed_jyotishganit_field_count": 6
+  },
+  "jyotishganit_observed_raw": {
+    "@type": "Panchanga",
+    "karana": "Gara",
+    "nakshatra": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+    "tithi": "Shukla Tritiya",
+    "vaara": "Thursday",
+    "yoga": "Shubha"
+  },
+  "engine_field_status": {
+    "local": "archived_panchanga_field_missing",
+    "jyotishganit": "raw_available_not_normalized",
+    "VedAstro": "shared_panchanga_endpoint_not_pinned",
+    "PyJHora_JHora": "not_archived_as_normalized_panchanga"
+  },
+  "required_schema_fields": [
+    "vaara",
+    "tithi",
+    "nakshatra",
+    "yoga",
+    "karana"
+  ],
+  "required_contract": [
+    "weekday convention",
+    "tithi naming and paksha convention",
+    "nakshatra spelling/diacritic alias table",
+    "yoga calculation convention",
+    "karana naming convention",
+    "sunrise-relative vs birth-moment rule"
+  ],
+  "next_actions": [
+    "archive local normalized Panchanga for the same public case",
+    "locate or generate legal PyJHora/JHora normalized Panchanga raw",
+    "pin VedAstro Panchanga endpoint or mark not available",
+    "then compare exact named fields after alias normalization"
+  ],
+  "boundary": "panchanga_schema_mapping_only_no_numeric_truth",
+  "human_report": "docs/research/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.md"
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_packet.py b/tests/test_panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_packet.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b3f3d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_packet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+PACKET = ROOT / "references/oracle/panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21.json"
+INDEX = ROOT / "references/oracle/evidence_packet_index_2026_07_19.json"
+
+
+def test_panchanga_local_jyotishganit_packet_scope_and_boundary():
+    data = json.loads(PACKET.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    assert data["scope"] == "panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison"
+    assert data["ticket_id"] == "TEMCQ-061"
+    assert data["claim_status"] == "partial"
+    assert data["truth_matrix_allowed"] is False
+    assert data["production_tuning_allowed"] is False
+    assert data["algorithm_reuse_policy"] == "reuse_existing_local_muhurta_calc_panchanga_no_new_algorithm"
+    assert data["boundary"] == "local_jyotishganit_panchanga_field_observation_not_global_truth"
+
+
+def test_panchanga_local_values_reuse_existing_muhurta_engine():
+    data = json.loads(PACKET.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    assert data["source_local_method"] == "scripts/muhurta.py::calc_panchanga"
+    assert data["local_normalized_raw"] == {
+        "vaara": "Thursday",
+        "tithi": "Shukla Tritiya",
+        "nakshatra": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+        "yoga": "Shubha",
+        "karana": "Garija",
+    }
+    assert data["jyotishganit_observed_raw"] == {
+        "@type": "Panchanga",
+        "karana": "Gara",
+        "nakshatra": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+        "tithi": "Shukla Tritiya",
+        "vaara": "Thursday",
+        "yoga": "Shubha",
+    }
+
+
+def test_panchanga_field_comparison_distinguishes_alias_from_truth():
+    data = json.loads(PACKET.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    rows = {row["field"]: row for row in data["field_comparison"]}
+    assert set(rows) == {"vaara", "tithi", "nakshatra", "yoga", "karana"}
+    assert [row["status"] for row in rows.values()].count("within_tolerance") == 4
+    assert rows["karana"]["status"] == "alias_match"
+    assert rows["karana"]["alias_rule"] == "Gara == Garija"
+    assert data["summary"] == {
+        "fields_total": 5,
+        "within_tolerance": 4,
+        "alias_match": 1,
+        "formula_mismatch": 0,
+        "unit_mismatch": 0,
+        "truth_upgrades": 0,
+    }
+
+
+def test_panchanga_local_comparison_registered_in_evidence_index():
+    index = json.loads(INDEX.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    entry = next(
+        row for row in index["packets"]
+        if row["packet_id"] == "panchanga_local_jyotishganit_comparison_2026_07_21"
+    )
+    assert entry["domain"] == "three_engine_parity"
+    assert entry["claim_status"] == "partial"
+    assert entry["consumer_policy"] == "research_observation_only"
diff --git a/tests/test_panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet.py b/tests/test_panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf59fa59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+PACKET = ROOT / "references/oracle/panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21.json"
+INDEX = ROOT / "references/oracle/evidence_packet_index_2026_07_19.json"
+
+
+def test_panchanga_temcq_061_records_not_comparable_status():
+    data = json.loads(PACKET.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    assert data["scope"] == "panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet"
+    assert data["ticket_id"] == "TEMCQ-061"
+    assert data["claim_status"] == "open_queue"
+    assert data["truth_matrix_allowed"] is False
+    assert data["closure_status"] == "schema_mapping_required"
+    assert data["summary"]["normalized_fields_ready"] == 0
+    assert data["summary"]["truth_upgrades"] == 0
+
+
+def test_panchanga_temcq_061_preserves_jyotishganit_raw_fields():
+    data = json.loads(PACKET.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    assert data["jyotishganit_observed_raw"] == {
+        "@type": "Panchanga",
+        "karana": "Gara",
+        "nakshatra": "Uttara Bhadrapada",
+        "tithi": "Shukla Tritiya",
+        "vaara": "Thursday",
+        "yoga": "Shubha",
+    }
+    assert data["engine_field_status"]["local"] == "archived_panchanga_field_missing"
+    assert data["engine_field_status"]["VedAstro"] == "shared_panchanga_endpoint_not_pinned"
+    assert data["engine_field_status"]["PyJHora_JHora"] == "not_archived_as_normalized_panchanga"
+
+
+def test_panchanga_temcq_061_requires_exact_schema_before_comparison():
+    data = json.loads(PACKET.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    assert data["required_schema_fields"] == ["vaara", "tithi", "nakshatra", "yoga", "karana"]
+    assert data["required_contract"] == [
+        "weekday convention",
+        "tithi naming and paksha convention",
+        "nakshatra spelling/diacritic alias table",
+        "yoga calculation convention",
+        "karana naming convention",
+        "sunrise-relative vs birth-moment rule"
+    ]
+    assert data["boundary"] == "panchanga_schema_mapping_only_no_numeric_truth"
+
+
+def test_panchanga_temcq_061_is_registered():
+    index = json.loads(INDEX.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    entry = next(
+        row for row in index["packets"]
+        if row["packet_id"] == "panchanga_temcq_061_schema_packet_2026_07_21"
+    )
+
+    assert entry["domain"] == "three_engine_parity"
+    assert entry["claim_status"] == "open_queue"