Holidays Sri Lanka

Holidays and official dates, calendar Sri Lanka 2026

Permanent date
1 January	New Year
4 February	National Day
13 April	Day Prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day
14 April	Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day
1 May	May Day
22 May	Republic Day
25 December	Christmas Day
Flow date
December	Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day
November	Il Full Moon Poya Day
December	Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)
October	Deepavali Festival Day
October	Vap Full Moon Poya Day
September	Binara Full Moon Poya Day
December	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)
August	Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
July, August	Esala Full Moon Poya Day
June	Poson Full Moon Poya Day
May	Day following Wesak Full Moon Poya Day
May	Wesak Full Moon Poya Day
April	Bak Full Moon Poya Day
March	Medin Full Moon Poya Day
February, March	Mahasivarathri Day
February	Nawam Full Moon Poya Day
December	Prophet Muhammed's Birthday (Maulid an Nabi)
January	Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
January	Tamil Thai Pongal Day (the Festival of the Tamils)
April, May	Good Friday