It is known throughout the world that the wives of Chandra were twenty-seven. They were all of rigid and holy vows, they were employed to indicate time.
सप्तविंशतिः सोमस्य पत्न्यो लोकस्य विश्रुताः। युक्ताः सोमपत्न्यः शुचिव्रताः॥