The full moon day of Chaitra (March-April) is also observed as a sacred day in honor of Chitra Gupta (who is the record keeper of Yama and who reads out the balance-sheet of each person's deeds, which are recorded in his great register Agra-sandhaani). On this day Chitra Gupta is worshipped. It is Chitra Gupta who maintains the accounts of our good and bad actions in this world, and we are rewarded or punished accordingly in the afterlife. The good and evil deeds are reckoned and judgment passed by Yama. The good are then sent to one of the higher Lokas or worlds, and the sinful are sent to hell to receive their deserts. At Kanchipuram, Madras, the image of god Chitra Gupta is taken out in a procession and the devotees take a holy dip in the river Chitra flowing down the nearby hills.

The worship and prayer offered to Chitra Gupta, the chief scribe of Yama, makes us aware that the gods, high above are keeping a watch of each and every action of ours and maintaining a record of it. It helps us in self-analysis and maintaining a good conduct so as to reap good rewards and avoid punishment after death. It also reminds us that a sin can be forgiven if one repents sincerely, vows not to repeat it, and prays to the Lord with penitent heart, devotion and intense faith. A metal or an earthen pitcher filled with water is worshipped with an elaborate ritual so as to invoke the deity. Chitra Gupta literally means, 'hidden picture' and it is he who presents a true picture of our actions after death.