Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 6 · Calendar, Muhurta Elements
कालमानं मुहूर्ताङ्गानि च
वापीकूपतडागादि वारिबंधनमोक्षणम् ।पौष्टिकं लिपिलेखादि कर्तव्यं कर्कटोदये ॥ २९३ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 293.
Wells, ponds and tanks, binding and releasing water, rites for growth and writing letters should be done when Cancer rises.
Simple meaning: Wells, ponds, growth rites and writing suit Cancer rising.
इक्षुधान्यवणिक्पण्यकृषिसेवादयस्स्थिरे ।
Farming, trade, service, daring acts and kings' work succeed in a Leo lagna.
विद्याशिल्पौषधं कृत्यं भूषणं च चरस्थिरम् ।
Learning, crafts, medicine and growth rites suit Virgo lagna.
कृषिवाणिज्ययानं च पशूद्वाहव्रतादिकम् ।
Farming, trade, travel and marriage suit Libra.