Chandigarh Is a place of joy.I went Chandigarh in the month of dec.Lots of good place in chandigarh where you can enjoy the beauty of nature like sukhna lake, Rock garden, Rose Garden and many more And The good thing is that the shimla is also very close to chandigarh about 4 hours from chandigarh.You can stay in mohali near to chandigarh as a PG or in a low cost hotels.There is a lot of low cost hotels in mohali like (in sector 72 mohali main market) hotel ganga.mohali is very close to chandigarh near about 12 kms.The one main which I want to share to you is that during your trip dont forgot to visit shimla and kullu very near to it and start your journey to these place at night as it will fascinitate you a lot.There is one place called panchkula which is quite near to chandigarh which is also having some good place to visit